THE West Indies Players Association has beat down reports that West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, is not being investigated by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for match-fixing.

In a release to the media WIPA President and CEO, Dinanath Ramnarine, is said to have spoken with ICC officials and confirmed that the reports are completely baseless and untrue.

WIPA said that it was ‘extremely disappointed and deeply concerned’ by the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) inaction given the very serious and false allegations made against Sarwan.

“The WICB was well aware misinformation was being broadcast about Sarwan by reputable media houses in the Caribbean and that it was unfortunate that the WICB did not see it fit to clarify the issue and protect the good name of Mr Sarwan by taking immediate action to support the player and prevent damaging speculation, humiliation and embarrassment with respect to one of its long serving players,” the release stated.

Sarwan also expressed his disappointment.

“This has hurt deeply to know that the WICB had the information all the time and up to this time has not spoken publicly on the matter. I am deeply disappointed,” he said.