Bengaluru, December 14: James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia CEO, denied allegations that the Perth Ashes Test may be prone to spot-fixing.
"What we heard is there's no evidence, substance or justification based on the dossier of information the ICC has received from the news outlet or based on ICC intelligence from previous investigations," Sutherland said.
"There's no substance to these allegations or justification to suspect that this Test match or indeed the Ashes series as a whole is subject to corrupt activities.
Cricket Australia has released the below statement in regards to media reporting https://t.co/gbHfKTFdZr
— Cricket Australia (@CAComms) December 13, 2017
"There's no evidence, substance or justification to suggest that any player from either side or match official from the ICC or Cricket Australia or the ECB are in any way under suspicion or have been contacted by alleged fixers.
"To that extent I know I speak from the ECB's perspective and Cricket Australia's perspective it's important for everyone to understand that our players are educated on a regular basis about the risks of corruption in our game.
"They are fully aware and understanding of their obligations under contract and under the ICC code to make the ICC or Cricket Australia or the ECB aware of any suspicious activity or any approaches that they may have.
"There is no evidence to suggest the current Test match has been corrupted" - ICC anti-corruption manager Alex Marshall https://t.co/LFMT39zFkq
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) December 14, 2017
"We have absolute confidence in our players and our team officials and others involved in the game to say there is nothing to suggest based on what we've heard from Alex Marshall and other understandings we have or other intelligence we have, to have any suspicions about our players. We have full confidence in them."
The Australian Cricketers' Association said it would work with the ICC's anti-corruption unit on allegations of spot-fixing.
"The players, like Cricket Australia, have zero tolerance for behaviour that may impact upon the integrity of the game," an ACA spokesman was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.