Yasir Hameed discloses new match-fixing claims

Pakistan Test opener Yasir Hameed claimed his team-mates were involved in fixing "almost every match", it was reported as fresh allegations threatened to destabilize the cricket world and the Pakistan team.

The batsman also claimed that he had been asked by a bookmaker to help fix a Test for £100000, but turned down the money. Hameed himself could now face censure from the ICC for failing to follow proper procedures. The anti-corruption code of conduct states that it is an offense if a player "fails to disclose to the ACSU full details of any approaches that would amount to a breach of the anti-corruption code".

The News of the World also said the International Cricket Council (ICC) was investigating a fourth Pakistan player, who has not yet been named, over match-rigging claims. The newspaper published details of the spot-fixing claims last weekend, with Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir now the subject of police and ICC investigations. The paper has now followed up with an interview with Hameed, who played in the fourth Test at the Oval.

He does not name any team-mates, but is quoted in the newspaper as saying: "They've been caught. Only the ones that get caught are branded crooks. They were doing it [fixing] in almost every match. God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages. It makes me angry because I'm playing my best and they are trying to lose".

Today's edition will also carry reports that investigators recovered between £10000 and £15000 of marked bank notes from Salman Butt's hotel room.