Corruption in cricket has played a major part in my working life for the past decade – at least, writing about it and doing my best to find out the truth – so it was with more than a touch of irony that I received the news that I would have to undergo my official ICC anti-corruption lecture from the region’s security officer, Ron Hope.
Every player and official who is new to international cricket must spend approximately 30 minutes with the ICC man delegated to the region in which they first appear so Zimbabwe’s two debutants, Shingirai Masakadza and Greg Lamb will be joined by me and former Zim captain Dave Houghton, on tour as director of coaching, for a little ‘chat’ this evening.
Having been informally ‘interviewed’ by various members of the ICC’s security unit over the years and shared information on peculiar occurrences on and sometimes off the field, I’m not expecting to be told anything I don’t know. But I’m ready to be surprised…!
One of the first e-mails I saw this morning was from my good friend Anand Vasu, cricket correspondent of the Hindustan Times. He had sent me an article by Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald in which he described me as a “former journalist” despite knowing full well (because I told him a month ago) that my appointment as Media Liaison was just for this tour – three weeks.
Several of the senior players and management here in Trinidad – not to mention many colleagues around the world – want to know how, and when, I will respond to the insinuations in the article.
But if there’s one lesson I’ve learned in the last two decades, it’s not to react to anything too quickly. If I need to explain anything, or even justify anything, then I will do so in good time.
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