CRICKET Australia will give a stern warning to its employees about scalping after Ashes tickets allocated to a staff member were last night found on sale through eBay.

The embarrassing memo came as Cricket Australia and state cricket authorities confirmed they would be clamping down on online ticket scalping for the hugely anticipated Ashes clash next summer.

With Ashes tickets details delayed this week, Australian and English cricket authorities have been inundated with inquiries by fans wanting to secure seats to the five-Test series.

Concerns about a black market have prompted Cricket Australia to plan a crackdown against scalpers using the Internet, but yesterday had to start by looking in-house, after sets of Cricket Australia tickets were already up for sale through eBay.
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