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October 19, 2000 

LONDON (AP) -- All international cricket players, umpires and officials will be required to declare whether they have ever been involved in match-fixing, the International Cricket Council said Wednesday.

The initiative was announced following a series of match-fixing scandals that have tarnished the image of the sport.

Players, umpires and officials will be asked to fill out a confidential questionnaire by Nov. 30.

The form asks five questions, including whether they have ever taken part in or been asked to take part in "any arrangement with any other person involved in the playing or administration of the game of cricket which might involve corruption in any form."

The questionnaire also asks whether they have taken part in, or been approached about the passing on of team selection, weather and details of the toss to any person other than to the media; performing below par, or perverting the normal outcome of a match.

Anyone answering yes to any of the five questions is obliged to provide full details to the head of the ICC's anti-corruption unit, Sir Paul Condon.

The form carries a declaration that a player or official will not be involved in the future in any corrupt conduct and will immediately inform the authorities of any approach.

The declaration carries a warning that knowingly answering any of the five questions incorrectly leaves players and the others liable to disciplinary action, including "heavy penalties."

The initiative was announced following a two-day meeting of the ICC in Nairobi.

The ICC also said that Lord Griffiths, chairman of the code of conduct commission, has been asked to make further recommendations on whether five Pakistan Test players -- Wasim Akram, Mushtaq Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar and Waqar Younis -- should face stronger punishments than suggested by the Qayyum report.

All are currently available for Pakistan's three one-day internationals and three-match Test series against England.

Griffiths will secure "further confidential information" as a matter of urgency from Pakistan before producing his final report, the ICC said.

The ICC said it was encouraged by the conclusion in Lord Griffiths' interim report that the Pakistan Cricket Board "intends to pursue a policy of no tolerance to corruption."

The code of conduct commission also reviewed the South African report on Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams and confirmed the penalties imposed.

The two men were banned in August until the end of the year for their role in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal.

The ICC statement said the commission was waiting on a further report on the decision to ban Cronje, the former South African captain, for life.