IPL 2023: England head coach and former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Brendon McCullum’s appearance in online betting advertisements has landed him in some trouble. English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has decided to probe whether this partnership with a betting company is a breach of the governing body’s anti-corruption rules. The former New Zealand captain had appeared in online advertisements after joining betting organisation ‘22Bet’ as an ambassador in January. Mccullum had shared a video on his Facebook page on March 27, just before the start of IPL 2023 promoting 22Bet’s markets on the Indian Premier League 2023. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
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ECB on Mccullum’s relationship with 22Bet
“We are exploring the matter and are in discussions with Brendon around his relationship with 22Bet,” the ECB was quoted as saying by the BBC.
“We have rules in place around gambling and will always seek to ensure these are followed.”
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Mccullum is not under investigation clarifies ECB
The ECB, however, clarified that McCullum is not currently under any investigation.
New Zealand’s Problem Gambling Foundation had complained to the ECB about the adverts last week.
According to ECB’s anti-discrimination code “directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging, facilitating or authorising any other party to enter into a bet in relation to the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of any match or competition” is an offence.
The code suggests such an offence would carry a minimum one-year period of “ineligibility”.
England have won 10 of their last 12 Tests since Brendon ‘Baz’ McCullum became the coach at the start of last summer and have won one away series in Pakistan while drawing another in New Zealand.
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