da heads bet： Contrary to media reports that England’s Alec Stewart and a host ofothers have been cleared of match-fixing allegations following the’refusal’ by Mukesh Gupta to provide sworn testimony, ICC’s anticorruption unit chief Sir Paul Condon said in
23-Jun-2001Contrary to media reports that England’s Alec Stewart and a host ofothers have been cleared of match-fixing allegations following the’refusal’ by Mukesh Gupta to provide sworn testimony, ICC’s anticorruption unit chief Sir Paul Condon said in London on Friday thatnothing has changed since he had given the July 1 ultimatum to thebookmaker.In a brief statement, Sir Paul said, “On Monday I confirmed that theUnit has given Gupta until the 1st of July to agree to give evidencein respect of the non-Indian players named in the Indian CBI report.Contrary to suggestions carried by a number of media sources sincethen, nothing has changed in respect of that position or deadline.”A report in the ‘Guardian’ today claimed Gupta’s refusal to co-operatewill force Condon’s corruption investigators to abandon worldwideinquiries, with Stewart likely to be officially proclaimed innocent bythe England and Wales Cricket Board by the start of next month’s Ashesseries.”Insufficient evidence is also set to end investigations into the WestIndian Brian Lara, Australia’s Mark Waugh, Sri Lankan duo Aravinda DeSilva and Arjuna Ranatunga and former New Zealand captain MartinCrowe, and could mean that the Condon inquiry closes at a cost of 3.5million pounds, without proving any allegations,” the Guardian reportsaid.