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Cricket chief to miss match-fixing meeting
AFP
7 January 1999
CHRISTCHURCH, Jan 7 (AFP) - International Cricket Council (ICC)
president Jagmohan Dalmiya of India will miss the important executive
committee meeting here on Sunday and Monday when the sport's governing
body will decide how to tackle match-fixing.
Dalmiya's mother died in India and he has remained there in mourning,
meaning a stand-in chairman will be required for a meeting which could
be the most important in the ICC's history.
New Zealand's representative, Sir John Anderson, said the replacement
chairman was likely to be Dalmiya's predecessor in the role, Sir Clyde
Walcott of the West Indies.
``It's a bit of a tragedy he cannot be here, but we will try for a
video link-up,'' Anderson said.
Dalmiya was a strong supporter of action being taken against
match-fixing and bribery and issued a strongly-worded statement about
getting the ICC executive to deal with the matter when it met in
Christchurch.
Anderson said New Zealand's stance on the issue was clear.
``Our board wants the highest moral standards and ethics in the game
and will support whatever policy comes out of that,'' he said.
He said it was likely the ICC would present a united front on the
issue and would establish the structure and processes for dealing with
any cricketer found guilty of being involved in betting or bribery.
Anderson felt it was unlikely the present dispute between the
Pakistani and Australian boards over Shane Warne and Mark Waugh taking
money from a bookmaker for pitch and team details could be legislated
against retrospectively.
``The matter was dealt with at the time, fines imposed and the ICC
informed. No fresh evidence appears to have come to light to reopen
that matter,'' he said.
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