Strauss questions 'woefully under-resourced' ICC's resolve to catch fixers

Sydney, May 25 (ANI): England captain Andrew Strauss has questioned the resolve of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to tackle corruption, saying the sport's own body dedicated to catching cheats was "woefully under-resourced". Strauss was leading England in a Test at Lord's when three Pakistan cricketers - Salman Butt and seamers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer - were accused by News of the World of conspiring to deliberately bowl no balls as part of a spot-fixing scam. The trio who all deny wrongdoing were banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a minimum of five years each-verdicts they are appealing against at the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), The Sydney Morning Herald reports. At the time of the revelations, the work of the ICC anti-corruption unit, headed by former Northern Ireland police chief Ronnie Flanagan was criticised widely, with many observers asking if it was fit for purpose. "The only input I've had is with the anti-corruption people who came round during the World Cup. It seems to me that they are woefully under-resourced. I just don't think they've got the resources to do it properly," Strauss told London Evening Standard. "Clearly most of the betting seems to go on in the sub-continent but I wouldn't say it was just sub-continental players that are involved. My gut feeling is there is more to it than we know about," he said. "I haven't seen any resolve to deal with the issue. It is hard for me to comment because I don't know what's going on behind closed doors," Strauss added. (ANI)