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ICC taking allegations of match-fixing very seriously

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 23 Oct 2018, 1:07PM
New Zealand celebrate their 2011 Hobart win the first on Aussie soil in 26 years. Photo / Photosport

ICC taking allegations of match-fixing very seriously

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 23 Oct 2018, 1:07PM

A famous New Zealand cricket victory has become implicated in the match-fixing allegations made by a leading media organisation.

New Zealand Cricket has reacted immediately, calling the claims "unsubstantiated" but saying it takes the matter seriously.

Al Jazeera published a second series of allegations, following those made in May, and the 15 matches it says are under suspicion include New Zealand's 2011 victory over Australia in Hobart. The matches include six tests, six one day internationals and three T20 World Cup games.

Leading cricket commentator Simon Doull, a former Black Cap, told Newstalk ZB's Mike Yardley he was confident the ICC was taking the allegations seriously.

"Spot fixing is not about the winning or the losing of the game...it's all about moments in matches," Doull said.

"If you have both batsmen involved and they just deliberately block the ball and turn runs down and things, yes that can happen. But you still need a little bit of luck to go your way and make that right.

"I'm with everybody else really. It's about the proof. Until we see it in definite form I guess it's all speculation. It's all just a story they are trying to put out there in bits and pieces without showing any definite evidence.

"They are talking about going to Interpol with the new stuff and maybe the old stuff as well...those players are still playing the game today, so nothing has been done about that at all."

LISTEN ABOVE AS SIMON DOULL SPEAKS WITH MIKE YARDLEY

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