Lie detector tests proposed to combat cricket corruption

The MCC World Cricket Committee has recommended that the laws of the game be amended – including the possible use of lie detector tests – in a bid to rid the sport of corruption.

The legalising and regulating of betting markets in India and the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses in playing contracts were among the other ideas thrown up by the MCC’s working party, including former players Steve Waugh, Courtney Walsh, Keith Bradshaw and Barry Richards,