Wed, Sep 01 10 10:21 PM
Melbourne, Sep 1 (PTI) Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has lambasted ICC for not cracking the whip on corruption prevalent in cricket, saying incident like the recent spot-fixing scandal is ruining the game. "Yes it could...what is happening already is ruining the game," he said. "What happened during the Sydney Test, which is one of the most special moments of my career...to have that talked about being tainted is very sad, and most probably for the people at the game as well. People start to think, that emotion I had that day, was fabricated," Watson was quoted as saying in The Age. Blaming the International Cricket Council for the recent ''spot-fixing'' scandal involving the Pakistan team, Watson said world body''s anti-corruption unit is "not really working". "The ICC anti-corruption unit is not really working," he said in Sydney today. Watson, who has confirmed being approached by an Indian bookmaker during last year''s Ashes in England, said it was disappointing to see a newspaper sting exposed what should have actually been handled by the ICC. "These are the reasons the ICC has to really step in and totally get on top of this. They''ve known these things could have been going on, that''s why the anti-corruption unit was set up, they''ve waited for a newspaper to bring it to light. "The ICC really need to step in and really get to the bottom of it. Maybe they don''t want to get to the bottom of it because it might run too deep," he said. "I''m more sad than anything. One thing we definitely don''t need is what''s going on, because it is horrific for the game," added Watson. Watson said if the ICC does not act "as soon as possible", credibility of the game may be lost forever as far as the fans concerned. "People might turn away from cricket because they don''t know (whether) what they are seeing is actually the true facts of cricket," he said.
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