Melbourne, Apr 30: Australian Cricket Authorities said today they have signed a memorandum of agreement with a British-based betting exchange to provide information that might help in match-fixing or cricket corruption investigations involving its players or officials. The agency, Betfair, said it has similar arrangements with a number of other sporting organisations, including the international cricket council, the football association in Britain and the association of tennis professionals. Betfair offers a global, internet exchange to registered users. They use the service to wager on a wide range of sports, including cricket. Every detail of all bets on its system is fully tracked, as are all movements of funds.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said today both parties signed the memorandum as a contingency in case cricket Australia needs to investigate suspected breaches of its rules regarding betting, match-fixing and corruption by administrators, officials or players.

Cricket Australia bans gambling on all types of cricket matches by its players, officials and employees.

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In 1994, Australian Legspinner Shane Warne and Australian teammate Mark Waugh, who is now retired, admitted taking money from an Indian bookmaker for pitch and weather information during a tour of Sri Lanka.

The pair was fined and reprimanded, a fact covered up by the Australian cricket board until 1998.
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