No Reason To Doubt Integrity Of Men's 2011 Cricket World Cup Final: ICC's Anti Corruption Unit

With reference to the allegations over the fixing of the 2011 World Cup final, the ICC said that it had not been presented with any evidence that supports the claims made or which would merit launching an investigation under the Anti-Corruption Code

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The anti corruption unit of the International Cricket Council on Friday came out with a very hard hitting statement over the allegations of match fixing in the 2011 ICC World Cup finals, stating that is no reason to doubt the integrity of the title clash in which India hosts defeated Sri Lanka, asserting that the world body has not been provided any evidence that would merit an investigation into the game. The apex cricket body's statement came soon after Sri Lanka Police's special investigation division on Friday called off a probe into allegations made by former Lankan sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage that the final was fixed by "certain parties" in Sri Lanka. the police said it found evidence supporting Aluthgamage's unsubstantiated claims. "We have no reason to doubt the integrity of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Final 2011," ICC's Anti Corruption Unit General Manager Alex Marshall said in a statement. "The ICC Integrity Unit has looked into the recent allegations regarding the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Final 2011," Marshall said. "At this time, we have not been presented with any evidence that supports the claims made or which would merit launching an investigation under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code," the ACU head further stated. The former Sri Lankan Sports Minister's claims that the ICC was sent a letter alleging fixing was also rubbished by Marshall. "There is no record of any letter regarding this matter sent by the then Sri Lanka Sports Minister to the ICC and senior ICC staff at the time have confirmed they have no recollection of receiving any such letter which would have led to an investigation," Marshall said. He reiterated that ICC takes all allegations of match-fixing seriously. "We take all allegations of this nature extremely seriously and should we receive any evidence to corroborate the claims, we will review our current position."