CRICKET officials are considering using lie detectors to combat corruption.
After a meeting in Perth, the MCC wants further investigation into the use of the devices before a recommendation is forwarded to the International Cricket Council.
Three Pakistan players-- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammas Amir -- were suspended this year for being implicated in a fixing scandal.
"The committee is concerned at the scale of the problem and the detrimental effect it has placed on the integrity of the game," the MCC said yesterday on their website.
"The committee feels more resources -- and increased powers -- are required to attempt to eradicate this issue from the game.
"Furthermore, the committee believes that team captains -- as enshrined in the Laws and Spirit of Cricket -- should accept greater responsibility for the conduct of their players."
A working party led by former Australian captain Steve Waugh also discussed the merits of not selecting players tainted by corruption, the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses in all professional playing contracts and legalising and regulating the betting markets in India.
The anti-corruption recommendations will be put to the MCC laws subcommittee for further consideration at their next meeting in February.
"If we have to take extreme measures in order to be 100 per cent confident the game is being played in the right spirit, then I'd certainly be happy to do that.
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