Fixing claims rock Hong Kong
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An alleged fixing approach to Hong Kong鈥檚 Irfan Ahmed is a 鈥渨arning鈥 for other emerging teams, the Chinese territory鈥檚 cricket chief said yesterday.
Tim Cutler, chief executive of the Hong Kong Cricket Association, said that associate, or non-test playing, members of the International Cricket Council were particularly vulnerable to match-fixers.
He was speaking after allrounder Ahmed, 26, was charged and provisionally suspended by the ICC for failing to report an alleged fixing offer.
Ahmed, who was slated for Hong Kong鈥檚 squad for the World Twenty20 championship in India in March, faces a ban of 2-5 years if found guilty.
Cutler said associate cricket nations, which cannot pay their players as well as test sides, were particularly susceptible to bribery and the 鈥渦nderbelly of the dark chapter of cricket鈥.
According to Australia鈥檚 Fairfax Media, Ahmed was approached by former Pakistani cricketer Nasem Gulzar, one of the alleged match-fixers accused of paying former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent to deliberately underperform in county matches in England.
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