England one-day cricket captain Eoin Morgan has been targeted in a blackmail plot, it has been revealed.
The blackmail attempt relates to a brief relationship the 29-year-old had with an Australian woman five years ago.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said it was contacted by a man demanding a five-figure sum – reportedly £35,000 – to be paid before the tri-series match against Australia on Friday.
The man was threatening to tell national newspapers about details of Morgan's relationship with the woman.
The ECB informed Scotland Yard and police tracked him down to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, within 24 hours.
He turned out to be the woman's jealous boyfriend and when confronted, apologised for his actions.
Paul Downton, ECB managing director, said: "We will not allow anyone to disrupt our team's preparation or performance in the tri-series and as we build up to the World Cup.
"I am pleased that this issue has now been brought to a swift conclusion. At this point we'd like to thank the Metropolitan Police for their advice, which assisted us in dealing with this in the swiftest possible manner."
According to the London Evening Standard, the blackmailer found a phone with details including videos of his unnamed partner's relationship with Morgan.
Mr Downton told the newspaper he sent an email to the ECB which was "a fairly deliberate attempt to extort a sum of money".
The man has been named in the Australian media as Nick Emery, a workplace safety consultant.
Mr Emery told the Herald Sun he was in possession of "sexually based'' messages exchanged between his partner and Morgan last year.
He is quoted as saying: "I have got a fair bit of interesting content regarding Eoin Morgan with a woman who isn't his girlfriend ... there's sexual content. It's my partner.''
Mr Emery said he had a meeting with ECB members in Hobart on Wednesday, at which the matter was settled.
He said he had not intended to commit blackmail and was not chasing hush money.
"It's done. It's dealt with. I did the wrong thing in the wrong state of mind. I was in a very angry and bad head space.
"Everything is sorted now. They were very understanding. We came to an agreement.''
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