11 Oct 2011

Aussies accused of being biggest match-fixers

9:29 am on 11 October 2011

A London court has heard accusations from a cricket agent that leading Australian and Pakistani players have been fixing matches for years.

At the corruption trial of the former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, covert recordings were played of Mazhar Majeed identifying to an undercover players he said were involved in match-fixing, and he maintained Australians were "the biggest" offenders.

Prosecutors allege that Majeed conspired with the two Pakistani players on trial to fix parts of the Lord's test between England and Pakistan in August last year.