Lie detector considered to combat cricket cons

LIE detector tests and the non-selection of “tainted” players could be brought in by cricket as it seeks to rid the game of corruption, international cricket chiefs said yesterday.

“The MCC World Cricket Committee has recommended that the Laws of Cricket be amended specifically to forbid the corruption or attempted corruption of any aspect of a match,” the cricketing body said on its website (www.lords.org).

At the meeting in Perth the committee said more deliberation was required before a recommendation could be put forward to the International Cricket Council (ICC), possibly as early as February when they next meet.