Players better educated against corruption - Lorgat

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC's chief executive, has said that the increase in the number of players reporting illegal approaches by bookmakers was because cricketers were now better educated against the dangers of corruption.

"What I can say is that we have substantially more players coming forward and reporting approaches made to them and I think that's a result of the education process, the awareness that we've created among all of the international players," Lorgat told Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.

"Who's to say there were not as many [approaches by bookmakers] in years gone by that were not reported? The fact is players are far more conscious today. The vast majority certainly play the game in the right spirit and they have the integrity to play the game properly, and they are coming forward and reporting such approaches; so that's a good thing."

Earlier this week Steve Waugh had revealed that substantially more cricketers were reporting illegal approaches compared to 2009, when only five players came forward. Waugh also suggested that players willingly submit to a polygraph test to prove their innocence, a proposal that was soundly criticised by FICA.

"I don't know if the ICC is doing enough. I'd like to have some conversations with them," Waugh told BBC Sport. "They are doing some good work because last year 56 players reported an approach by a bookmaker and the year before it was only five, so that suggests the players have confidence in the system and confidence that it will work."

Lorgat, however, did not know how Waugh had come by the information that 56 players had reported approaches.

"I'm not sure where Steve Waugh gets that figure from because we do not publish any such information," Lorgat said. "In fact there's one individual in the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit that maintains such records and he does not even know the figure himself, simply because he had not compiled it. So I'm not sure where Steve Waugh gets that figure from."