ICC clarifies confusion over Kenya v Sri Lanka tapes

The International Cricket Council today clarified an inaccurate wire story relating to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 match between Kenya and Sri Lanka.

As is widely known the Anti-Corruption Unit receives a tape of all matches at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 as part of its standard operational procedures.

This practice was introduced as part of the anti-corruption practices at the ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 and is now a standard element of all ICC events.

On arrival at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Monday morning there was some confusion about the availability of the necessary recording equipment for the ACU to obtain match footage in the usual manner.

As a result a request was made to the producers of the game coverage to provide additional copies of the same footage. All of this took place before the start of the game.

At the end of the game an ACU representative collected tapes in the usual manner and was provided with two additional copies of the same footage from the producers of the game coverage. The ACU took all four tapes away from the ground.

ICC General Manager - Corporate Affairs, Brendan McClements, said: "As it has at all ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 games, the ACU obtained tapes at the conclusion of the game between Kenya and Sri Lanka. This is not unusual, this is standard practice for the ACU."

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