Vaughan blames ICC's anti-corruption unit for not keeping cricket clean

London, Aug 30 : Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has said that the ICC’s anti-corruption unit has failed to keep cricket clean, and blamed the taskforce for not policing the sport properly.

Cricket agent Mazhar Majeed was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers over an alleged betting scam involving the Pakistan national team.

The News of the World claimed that it paid Majeed for advance details of when three no balls would be played in the latest Lord’s Test, which England won.

Police also questioned three Pakistan players over the alleged scam and detectives confiscated mobile phones of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Pakistan’s captain Salman Butt.

Vaughan said: “There is a problem, a big problem. I’ve had a few conversations with a few players in the England team and they just feel completely flat.”

“They feel the whole thing has been devalued. Unless something drastic happens to individuals and teams, then this will go on forever and ever,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.

“We’ve had an anti-corruption unit for how long? Why does it take an English newspaper to bring this out?”

Vaughan also claimed that the ban on mobile phones in the players’ dressing rooms, which could be used to communicate with bent bookies, is rarely enforced.

“Are you checked? No. At the moment it’s easy to communicate from inside the dressing room if you want to,” he said.