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Mark Waugh in the clear
Wisden CricInfo staff - August 7, 2001

MELBOURNE (Reuters)
Australian batsman Mark Waugh has no case to answer following a detailed anti-corruption investigation by the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), the ACB has said.

The ACB's anti-corruption investigator Greg Melick conducted an eight-month investigation into allegations made by Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta that Waugh had received money in return for team information.

"The Melick report confirms that Mr Gupta, despite making the allegations to the Indian Criminal Bureau of Investigation, was not prepared to have his allegations appropriately tested to determine if they had any substance," the ACB said in a prepared statement.

Melick said: "One of the fundamental principles that underpins this process is that Mark Waugh is presumed innocent. It is therefore essential that if anyone is going to make serious allegations against any other person they must be prepared to have these claims properly tested before they can be believed.

"This investigation has established that, despite a number of approaches to Mr Gupta by cricket investigators, he remains uncooperative and has not provided any evidence to support his allegations."

Gupta had alleged Waugh received $20,000 for team information during a Hong Kong six-a-side tournament in 1993.

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