By Barrie Fairall
THE International Cricket Council have handed over documents from their offices at Lord’s and in Monaco to the Anti-Corruption Unit set up to investigate claims of match-fixing and impropriety in cricket.

The ACU, led by Sir Paul Condon, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, acted in advance of a request from India’s Central Bureau of Investigation.

The Indians are busy compiling a report into allegations of malpractice in the awarding of television rights for the 1998 ICC Knockout Tournament in Bangladesh.

Access to the files was authorised by Malcolm Gray, the ICC president. "The ICC are on record as offering the ACU free access to any of their records or documentation. In the spirit of that offer, we wanted to act responsibly and promptly to the ACU’s request," Gray said.

The request for information was triggered by discussions held by Condon and a team of international investigators with the CBI in India last week. At the talks, the CBI confirmed their TV rights investigation and the likelihood that records from the ICC would be required.
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