Lord Condon, the outgoing head of the International Cricket Council's anti- corruption unit, has warned that match-fixing would spread "like a rash" throughout the sport if there was complacency
London: The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit has been investigating Pakistan's performance in their Sydney Test defeat against Australia in January, it was confirmed on Thursday.
Australia won by 36 runs despite conceding a first-innings deficit and allegations of match-fixing have surrounded the game, with a parliamentary committee in Pakistan summoning top officials to answer questions.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed an appeal lodged by the Indian board (BCCI) over the case of the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch in New Delhi.
JOHN Howard is so unpopular in African cricket circles that South African officials refused to meet him last week to discuss the former prime minister's nomination as president elect of the International Cricket Council.
Pakistan have included fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in their 16-man squad to play England in two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals in August and September.
