Chairman of ICC's ACSU Sir Ronnie Flanagan on ICC Audio Show

On this week's special edition of the ICC Cricket World radio show, Chairman of the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) Sir Ronnie Flanagan talks in detail about his unit's role in the spot-fixing scandal, responds to the argument that the ACSU doesn't have enough cricketing knowledge, discusses the lessons learnt from the scandal and speaks about the ACSU's education process.

Sir Ronnie, who took over from Lord Paul Condon in July 2010, says: "Well, first of all I think, the important point you make is we have been a role model and it is not just us who would say that. I was recently at a corruption conference in sports in London and many other sports were stating that - like the world of tennis, the world of horse racing.

"So, the work that Lord Paul Condon did more than 10 years ago is truly recognised throughout sport as having been trend-setting.

"In that context, I find some of the criticism I have listened to very interesting and quite frankly, it comes from very ill informed people - people who have no idea how the Anti Corruption and Security Unit within the ICC goes about its business. People have no idea about the emphasis we put on prevention and when we have to investigate, how my investigators work so professionally hand in hand with policing colleagues, just as they have done in this case."

"I commended The News of the World at the time for their revelations that they have brought into the public domain, but there was still a tremendous amount of work to be done by my investigators in order to bring disciplinary charges to the Independent Disciplinary Tribunal within the ICC and to continue their work hand in glove with the detectives from Scotland Yard to present the evidence in the criminal cases as well," Sir Ronnie says.

Sir Ronnie was the Home Office Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and was previously the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland since its creation in 2001 until 2002. He had also been Chief Constable of its predecessor, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) from 1996 until 2001, and has been been knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for his services to policing and enjoying a strong sporting background.

Sir Ronnie adds: "I think it (corruption) is certainly not rampant in the world of cricket as I indicated earlier. I think it is engaged in by a tiny number of people.

"Sadly I wouldn't say the instances we have seen brought to justice are totally isolated either. They indicate we must be ever vigilant, they indicate that the hard work and the wonderful platform established by Lord Condon, which we have been able to build upon, is such we must never be complacent and ever vigilant.

"The vast, vast majority of cricketers are not only wonderfully talented, but wonderfully ethical people. It is only a tiny proportion of people, some of whom may have a pre-deposition to it and some who succumb to the evil advances of other people. My message to the followers of cricket is keep following, keep loving this wonderful game and don't be thinking that corruption is rampant within the game."

The show can be used in whole or part by radio stations that want free cricket content for editorial use, while the public can also download it straight from www.icc-cricket.com or from iTunes.

Also on the show, South Africa's number-one ranked bowler Dale Steyn previews the two-Test series between the Proteas and Australia which starts in Cape Town next Wednesday.

Steyn says: "I am pretty excited actually. We haven't played Australia for a while. Last time they came to South Africa, they beat us while when we last toured Australia, we beat them. So, it's going to be an evenly matched series."

The show also includes interviews with England's women's cricket team's batter Sarah Taylor, who looks back at her side's successful tour of South Africa, and Ireland's women's cricket team's captain Isobel Joyce who looks forward to the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2011 which will be staged in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 14-26 November.

Apart from these exclusive interviews, there is the usual round-up of cricketing news and an update of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings.

This 30-minute show has been put together by the ICC's global broadcast partner, ESPN STAR Sports.