ACB ready to investigate any credible allegations

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) today responded to reports in India that two Australian players were mentioned in a police inquiry into match-fixing by emphasising its willingness to investigate any credible allegation levelled against any Australian player and by stressing the need to deal with substantiated facts on this issue.

ACB Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said that while he was aware of media reports that an Indian government minister had indicated that Mark Waugh and Dean Jones, along with several other international and Indian players, were mentioned in an Indian police report, the report is yet to be substantiated and the context in which the players had been named remains unclear.

"At this stage, the Indian police report has not been made public and it remains a confidential report within the Indian government. The only detail we have received has come through the media. The ACB is yet to see any element of the document that would allow it to make an informed assessment of the issues as they relate to Australia," said Mr Speed.

"However, once the Indian government makes the report public, I will be seeking a copy of it as a matter of urgency.

"As I have said before, should any new evidence or credible allegation emerge against any Australian player, it will be referred to the ACB's Special Investigator, Mr Greg Melick, for a thorough investigation of the issue.

"Up until the time we are able to see the substance of the police report, there is little to be gained by adding to the speculation and conjecture that already exists around this issue."