Cricket bosses ignored match fixing warnings

The top bosses of the International Cricket Council were warned two years ago that the game faced real dangers of corruption re-emerging and that they were becoming complacent about illegal bookmakers seeking to subvert players. However the warning did not go down well with all the members of the ICC executive board.

The verbal warning was given to the highest authority charged with running the world game in June 2008 by Lord Condon. The former head of the Metropolitan Police had been brough...