The scandal-prone Pakistan cricket team today sent shock-waves through world cricket after it was disclosed that the scoring patterns in its innings during the third ODI match against England were fixed.  The ICC is to launch an immediate probe over this issue.

The ICC action followed disclosures by British tabloid 'The Sun' that an individual in the Pakistani team camp is believed to be the ringleader who was taking money from bookies in India and Dubai.

The paper also reported that bookies knew details of Pakistan's innings before the match even began and it had given the evidence to the game's governing body ahead of the game. Immediately after the news came out, the ICC said in a statement that the investigation is warranted as information about a certain scoring pattern appeared to be "correct".

The ICC has launched an investigation into activities that took place during the third ODI between England and Pakistan at The Oval, London, on September 17.