da betobet： The International Cricket Council ban on players using mobile phonesis being “strictly” enforced during the ongoing one-day tri-seriesinvolving India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka here, sources say
20-Jul-2001The International Cricket Council ban on players using mobile phonesis being “strictly” enforced during the ongoing one-day tri-seriesinvolving India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka here, sources say.Sri Lanka’s Cricket Board sources revealed they were also keeping alog of calls made and received by the players through the switch boardof the hotel where the three teams are staying.The measures were taken as part of attempts to prevent bookmakers fromcontacting players following the match-fixing scandal which rocked thegame recently.”What we are implementing is an ICC recommended ban,” Sri Lanka’s teammanager Ajith Jayasekara said. “We are enforcing it very strictly.”From the time the teams leave for the match venues and during play aswell as at practice, the players were not allowed to use mobilephones, Jayasekara said.A website reported there was “speculation” that six Indian bookmakershad checked into the team hotel a day before the Indian team arrivedhere on Monday.None of the three teams, however, is accompanied by a ecurity officeras recommended by ICC’s anti-corruption unit. But the players remainheavily guarded.The Taj Samudra hotel floors occupied by the players are guarded byarmed members of the elite Ministerial Security Division and onlyauthorised personnel are allowed access.