Players and officials have been barred from using social networking site Twitter during World Cup matches as a precautionary measure against possible corruption, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said. The move to bar team managers, along with players and coaches, from tweeting follows a suggestion from the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of the governing body.
"During matches, team managers are not permitted to use twitter on their phone," the spokesman said by phone from Bangalore on Wednesday. "The players can't use Twitter on phone anyway because they don't have phones during matches. It's just the team manager's phone, nothing else.