Former Australia captain Mark Taylor says throwing Pakistan out of world cricket would not end suspicion over match-fixing and spot-fixing, only delay dealing with the problem.
Taylor, who played 104 Tests for Australia, supports banning players found guilty of coercing with illegal bookmakers but favours education over team sanctions as a way for Pakistan to move forward
"I don't agree with that. I think it's too harsh a penalty for one nation," he said of a proposed ban on Pakistan.
"If they have one person, two people, three people involved in match-fixing or fixing certain deliveries...(but) to throw out the whole nation?"
"No, I'm not for that. I think it would not be a good thing for world cricket to have Pakistan not involved."
"(If) you throw them out, when they come back you're still going to ask those questions (about match fixing)."
"I think all you can do is penalise the individuals and embark on an education process and hopefully stop people from doing this sort of thing."
"You cannot monitor people 24/7. It comes down to education and it comes down at the end of the day saying 'if you get involved in it, the repercussions are going to be damning'."
Taylor admitted he was approached during his career for information but was never asked to throw a game or manipulate individual deliveries to contrive a certain outcome.
He admitted to being saddened by the allegations surrounding Pakistan.
"I've never known how widespread it was from the word go," he said.
"It's probably there in all sports."
"Unfortunately it's a part of all sport (and) it comes and goes."
"It happened in my time as a captain and it's a slur on the game."
"It's something that current players (and) past players don't like talking about but unfortunately you have to talk about it."
"It's something that we've got to try and clean up and get out with the game."
"But really it comes down to individuals and making sure every individual knows the repercussions of their decisions."
Asked if he felt at the time that Pakistan's loss in the Sydney Test last January was fixed, Taylor replied: "You certainly hope there wasn't corruption involved, but those things cross your mind."
"There's no doubt about that."
"But different countries play the game a different way also."
"These days captains right across the board are much more relaxed in setting defensive fields."
"They're happy to give a batsman a single to get a number eight, number nine batsman on strike where I suppose in my era it was more the number 11."
"It's often very difficult to tell what may be match-fixing and what may just be a tactic to get a non-batter on strike."
"And it's not always easy to be sitting here in Australia in judgment of other countries."