<p id="thickbox_headline">Australian police are investigating allegations from a former Australian youth cricket player that he was raped by a team official during a 1985 tour to India and Sri Lanka, <em>BBC </em>reported.</p>.<p>Jamie Mitchell, 55, says he was assaulted after a team doctor treated him with a sedative.</p>.<p>He made his allegations in an <em>ABC </em>interview.</p>.<p>Cricket Australia says they are co-operating with the police investigation.</p>.<p>Mitchell has demanded the sport's governing body provide answers on what they knew of the alleged incident.</p>.<p>In Sunday's interview, he said he was relieved that "finally there's some scrutiny of that 1985 tour".</p>.<p>"Instead of being a highlight of my cricketing life, that tour has caused me trauma and distress over many years," he said in a statement shared with the <em>BBC</em>.</p>.<p>Mitchell was an 18-year-old leading batsman on the Australian under-19 tour of India and Sri Lanka in 1985. The under-19s side is seen as a "feeder" team into the national side.</p>.<p>On the last night of the tour on March 30 in Colombo, he said he felt unwell and went to the team doctor, who injected him with a strong drug that knocked him out for at least 10 hours, the report said.</p>.<p>He said his teammates were instructed not to check up on him in his room that night, and he believes in that period he was assaulted by a leading team official. He did not give any further details in the interview on how that occurred.</p>.<p>"My teammates left. Anyone could have come in and had access to me," he told the <em>ABC</em>.</p>.<p>"Most of the guys have said they lost me for a couple of days. They remember putting me under the shower the next morning, to get me ready for the flight. They remember trying to dress me. And when we landed, I was wheeled to my parents in a wheelchair."</p>.<p>Several people, including friends and family members who he confided in at the time, confirmed some details of his account to the <em>ABC</em>.</p>.<p>Mitchell and some former teammates also recounted examples to the <em>ABC </em>of the official's "creepy" behaviour towards players and also foreign children brought to the team's hotel and other quarters.</p>.<p>Australian Federal Police are also investigating those allegations of wider misconduct, the <em>ABC </em>reported.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Australian police are investigating allegations from a former Australian youth cricket player that he was raped by a team official during a 1985 tour to India and Sri Lanka, <em>BBC </em>reported.</p>.<p>Jamie Mitchell, 55, says he was assaulted after a team doctor treated him with a sedative.</p>.<p>He made his allegations in an <em>ABC </em>interview.</p>.<p>Cricket Australia says they are co-operating with the police investigation.</p>.<p>Mitchell has demanded the sport's governing body provide answers on what they knew of the alleged incident.</p>.<p>In Sunday's interview, he said he was relieved that "finally there's some scrutiny of that 1985 tour".</p>.<p>"Instead of being a highlight of my cricketing life, that tour has caused me trauma and distress over many years," he said in a statement shared with the <em>BBC</em>.</p>.<p>Mitchell was an 18-year-old leading batsman on the Australian under-19 tour of India and Sri Lanka in 1985. The under-19s side is seen as a "feeder" team into the national side.</p>.<p>On the last night of the tour on March 30 in Colombo, he said he felt unwell and went to the team doctor, who injected him with a strong drug that knocked him out for at least 10 hours, the report said.</p>.<p>He said his teammates were instructed not to check up on him in his room that night, and he believes in that period he was assaulted by a leading team official. He did not give any further details in the interview on how that occurred.</p>.<p>"My teammates left. Anyone could have come in and had access to me," he told the <em>ABC</em>.</p>.<p>"Most of the guys have said they lost me for a couple of days. They remember putting me under the shower the next morning, to get me ready for the flight. They remember trying to dress me. And when we landed, I was wheeled to my parents in a wheelchair."</p>.<p>Several people, including friends and family members who he confided in at the time, confirmed some details of his account to the <em>ABC</em>.</p>.<p>Mitchell and some former teammates also recounted examples to the <em>ABC </em>of the official's "creepy" behaviour towards players and also foreign children brought to the team's hotel and other quarters.</p>.<p>Australian Federal Police are also investigating those allegations of wider misconduct, the <em>ABC </em>reported.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>