<p>The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit has prevented a potential spot-fixing scandal and is investigating an international team for alleged attempts to manipulate future matches, the chief of the unit has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Cricket has suffered its fair share of corruption incidents and a 2010 spot-fixing scandal resulted in bans and jail terms for Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and former test captain Salman Butt.<br /><br />While revealing news of the probe, ICC anti-corruption unit head Ronnie Flanagan would not disclose details of the case as members of the international side are still being investigated.<br /><br />"It will be very difficult for me to talk about specific details about an ongoing case, but quite recently we have a reason to believe that members of a particular team have intentions to manipulate events in forthcoming matches," Flanagan told reporters in Mumbai ahead of the World Twenty20.<br /><br />"This was an international team but I am not going to go into any details because it is still under our investigation.<br /><br />"Certain individuals, we believed, had intention to manipulate events to facilitate betting on those events." (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by John O'Brien)</p>
<p>The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit has prevented a potential spot-fixing scandal and is investigating an international team for alleged attempts to manipulate future matches, the chief of the unit has said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Cricket has suffered its fair share of corruption incidents and a 2010 spot-fixing scandal resulted in bans and jail terms for Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and former test captain Salman Butt.<br /><br />While revealing news of the probe, ICC anti-corruption unit head Ronnie Flanagan would not disclose details of the case as members of the international side are still being investigated.<br /><br />"It will be very difficult for me to talk about specific details about an ongoing case, but quite recently we have a reason to believe that members of a particular team have intentions to manipulate events in forthcoming matches," Flanagan told reporters in Mumbai ahead of the World Twenty20.<br /><br />"This was an international team but I am not going to go into any details because it is still under our investigation.<br /><br />"Certain individuals, we believed, had intention to manipulate events to facilitate betting on those events." (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by John O'Brien)</p>