Australian Cricket Board set to probe match-fixing claims
- Australian cricket team coach John Buchanan said Thursday the Australian Cricket Board would investigate the latest match-fixing developments if there was sufficient evidence.
"The Board has its own processes in place and if there is any evidence of any misdoing by any player they will put it through their system," he said.
"But there is no substantiated evidence at this stage to suggest what's been stated is true."
Australian Test batsman Mark Waugh was one of several interational stars named Wednesday in an Indian police report into match fixing.
The report outlined evidence from a bookmaker who claimed he paid Waugh 20,000 US dollars for information on team strategy and morale, the pitch and weather when Australia were playing after meeting him at a six-a-side tournament in Hong Kong.
Waugh has previously admitted to - and been fined by the Australian Cricket Board for - receiving 4,000 US dollars from the same bookie while playing in Sri Lanka in 1994 for giving weather and pitch information.
Buchanan said the allegations had "criminalised" players and the sooner it was all cleared up the better it would be for the game and the players.
Mail Cricket Editor
