ICC insist they have learnt from Brendon McCullum's case

The International Cricket Council said yesterday they had improved their procedures for handling evidence of match fixing after coming under fire from Brendon McCullum

London: The International Cricket Council said yesterday they had improved their procedures for handling evidence of match fixing after coming under fire from Brendon McCullum.

Brendon McCullum arrives at Southwark Crown Court to give evidence in the trial of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns in London last October. Pic/Getty Images

The former New Zealand captain, delivering the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's here on Monday, recalled his anger that the evidence he gave against Chris Cairns in a match fixing court case here last year was leaked prior to trial.

"How can the game's governing body expect players to cooperate with it when it is then responsible for leaking confidential statements to the media?" he said.

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