NZ announce three-man inquiry team
New Zealand Cricket said on Friday it had appointed a three-man team to look into allegations that former captain Martin Crowe took money from an Indian bookmaker.
The inquiry will be headed by retired High Court judge Sir
Ian Barker and Queen's Counsel Nick Davidson, assisted
by lawyer Tim Gresson.
A report released by India's Central Bureau of Investigation last week named Crowe as one of a number of international players who had allegedly been paid or offered
money for information.
"The report claimed that Martin Crowe received
US$20,000 for providing information to Indian bookmaker
M.K. Gupta, in 1992.
"Martin has strenuously denied the allegations against
him and has welcomed the initiation of an independent,
New Zealand-based inquiry," New Zealand Cricket chief
executive Christopher Doig said in a statement.
Two ex-Scotland Yard detectives with the International
Cricket Council anti-corruption unit are also to investigate
all the players named in the match-fixing report.
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