London, Jan 13 (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has offered amnesty to players and officials till April 30 to report suspicious activities of corruption without any threat of being sanctioned.

ECB information manager Chris Watts said the information is critical in addressing the threat posed by corruption in sport.

“The decision of the board to provide a window for retrospective reporting of alleged approaches will greatly assist the Access Unit in compiling a more complete picture of the source and focus of approaches which may have taken place in the past,” Watts was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph.

“I am working closely with the PCA (Professional Cricketer’s Association) to provide players and officials with this opportunity to work with our Access Unit to ensure that we work together to address the threat created by corruption in sport,” he said.

ECB’s move comes a day after Mervyn Westfield became the first professional cricketer in England to be convicted of fixing.