Women’s cricket ‘likely to be a target’ for corruption, insiders fear

• Betting on women’s game has mushroomed in past year
• ‘There is no global education programme’ says players’ association leader

Senior figures in world cricket have warned of the growing threat of corruption within the “vulnerable” women’s game, with an explosion in interest making it more attractive to fixers.

The warnings come in the wake of a successful World Cup and as England prepare in Australia for the Women’s Ashes, which begins on 22 October. Tony Irish, the chief executive of international cricket’s players’ association warned that the women’s game was particularly at risk.

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