The England and Wales cricket board have released some disturbing news for sports fans everywhere. Two separate individuals that play in the league have been offered money by bookmakers in order to give an unfair advantage to the bookmakers in making profits on their games.

This bribery to players is often called “match-fixing.” Any time that reports of corruption come forth it is difficult to swallow for fans of the sport. Not only are the fans troubled however, but the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit chief also seems to be disturbed by this news.

In response to these issues in the game of cricket, the International Cricket Council has been trying to make a “workable protocol that allows players to come forward with confidence.” The International Cricket council has taken a stand that they will not take this news lightly. It seems that they intend on dealing with the cases that have come forth in as strict of a manner as they can manage. This is in hopes to detour others from trying to make similar deals with players to fix games in their league.

After receiving this news of possible corruption, the ICC is now investigating past events in the cricket league that produced rather suspicious results in terms of betting.

The ICC will need to get things squared away soon. Fans and gamblers alike will not have interest in taking part in a game that is full of corruption. This could be a big blow for cricket in this area if things are not quickly controlled.