No credibility in Malik claims
The ACB announced today that Australian cricket's anti-corruption watch-dog, Mr Greg Melick, has found that there was no evidence to support claims by former Pakistani captain, Salim Malik, of Australian players being involved in match-fixing
Australian Cricket Board
09-Aug-2000
The ACB announced today that Australian cricket's anti-corruption watch-dog, Mr Greg Melick, has found that there was no evidence to support claims by former Pakistani captain, Salim Malik, of Australian players being involved in match-fixing. The claims related to a one-day match played in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1994.
ACB Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed, said that the Melick report was received by the ACB Directors and confirmed that there remains no credible suggestion of improper behavior by any Australian player.
"Mr Melick has conducted a comprehensive and thorough investigation into the Salim Malik claims and established that there is no evidence to support such suggestions," said Mr Speed.
During the course of his investigation, Mr Melick took the following action:
- Viewed in their entirety transcripts of the "News of the World" tapes which contain the allegations;
- Contacted all Australian players involved at the time and sought from them any additional information that they may have that had not previously been given to the O'Regan Enquiry which also investigated this match;
- Reviewed in its entirety the O'Regan Report including the Confidential Chapter of the report;
- Reviewed all transcripts of evidence given to the O'Regan Enquiry;
- Reviewed and analyzed voluminous material available from the Internet;
- Interviewed players who played in the game to see if they had any additional information to provide;
- Reviewed the contents of the Pakistani's Qayyum Report, which investigated this match.
The ACB will immediately send the Melick Report to the ICC Code of Conduct Commission for its consideration. In the event that the Code of Conduct Commission considers that it is necessary for Salim Malik to be interviewed, this will be done by Sir Paul Condon and the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit.