SYDNEY, DEC 24: Former Australian Test star Dean Jones will name an international cricketer who helped organise an approach by illegal bookmakers on the 1992 tour of Sri Lanka, a news report said today.Jones said he will reveal to a new Australian Cricket Board (ACB) inquiry the identity of the player who was with him when a bookmaker offered the US $ 50,000 for information about team changes and pitch conditions, the Australian newspaper reported.The cricketer is neither Sri Lankan nor Australian, Jones told the newspaper. ``It will be in my report,'' Jones said. ``If they want to release that I have got no problem. I have got nothing to hide.''Jones said what happened on that tour had never been extensively covered. ``I am not out to get anyone,'' he said. ``I just want to clear my name.''The ACB yesterday said an Australian inquiry into the effect of gambling on cricket would begin on January 12, although preliminary interviews will start on January 4. Lawyer Rob O'Regan, who will conduct the inquiry,said he intended to interview all Australian Test cricketers since 1992.Jones said in 1992 no one had heard of match fixing or betting. ``Back then it was felt to be a laughing matter,'' he said. ``It all means a lot more today than it did then.'' Former Australian Test great David Boon, who was on the 1992 tour with Jones, said he was prepared to attend the inquiry but didn't think he could add anything new.``The only incident I know about was the one with Dean when he said he had the offer,'' Boon said. ``He asked Allan Border and myself about it and we said `don't touch it.' As far as I know, he knocked it back.''Both Jones and Boon said they had no knowledge of any other Australian cricketers involved with bookmakers.
