Cricket Regulator | Anti-Corruption

Contact details

Confidential direct line: 0845 265 8000

Secure email address: anti-corruption@cricketregulator.co.uk

The ECB understands the continued risk that corruption poses to cricket. The focus of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) is the prevention of corruption in domestic cricket, with emphasis on the following:

Education
Providing guidance and awareness to participants in the game
Collaboration and working relationships with the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) and other key stakeholders such as First Class Cricket Clubs (FCCC), Women’s Cricket, FCCC Academies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) and other cricket boards

The following video has been made in collaboration with the PCA and the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA), and forms a key part of participant education. It covers the three main risk areas of the Anti-Corruption Code:

Betting on Cricket
Misuse of Inside Information
Fixing

Our Game

Match fixing, gambling & inside information. Know the facts.

07:41 • 25 May 2018

The ACU has a number of Anti-Corruption Officials, who each have oversight of three FCCCs, and at least one of The Hundred Teams (men and women). Their main role is to support the participants, provide advice and guidance, and to act as a first point of contact if players are concerned about any Anti-Corruption related matters.

The ACU takes breaches of the code seriously, and will fairly and robustly investigate such breaches. In 2012, Mervyn Westfield was banned from cricket after partaking in spot-fixing in a domestic match. Westfield agreed to be interviewed, to talk about the impact of his actions on his career and life. The ECB hopes that the education programme and support network provided to participants will prevent anyone else putting themselves in the same or similar situation.