The International Cricket Council has launched an investigation into the claims made on secretly recorded videos about spot-fixing in the third Ashes test between Australia and England and the Big Bash League.
UK’s The Sun newspaper reported two alleged bookies from India offered to sell them information of the rigged sessions of the play which could be bet on to win millions of dollars.
Alleged fixers Sobers Joban and Priyank Saxena said they could fix “sessions” of the game for money.
The pair claimed they work with someone in Australian cricket known as the Silent Man who they claimed works with former and current internationals including a World Cup-winning all-rounder.
One of the bookies, Sobers Joban who the newspaper claimed has played for Indian captain Virat Kohli’s home team, Delhi, is recorded on a secretly filmed video saying the “Australian man” would decide “money” to spot-fix sessions.
In a recorded phone call, Joban purportedly told an undercover reporter “the man” has asked for Rs 60 lakh ($120,000) for information on a session.
“You will have to give advance money in India.”
“I will give you the exact number. I mean, like ten over, 35 [Runs],” Joban purportedly told undercover reporters.
He said the information would be given on Thursday after the toss. 
The newspaper reported no current members of the English cricket team were named. Cricket Australia said the allegations are of “serious concern”
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"The allegations raised by media outlets are of serious concern. Cricket Australia takes a zero-tolerance approach against anybody trying to bring the game into disrepute," a CA spokesperson said.
The pair said they could get players to follow “scripts” on how many runs to score in sessions or when a wicket will fall, who signal through subtle gestures, such as changing their gloves to convey a particular part of the play is fixed. Spotters in the crowd would then inform bookies who then bet on that information.
The undercover reporters were told bowlers can signal a fix by way of specific items of clothing, change of field position, swapping gloves or helmets.
Sobers Joban said: “Each one is new and each one is old. You have a red t-shirt and I give you a red watch, you wear a red watch. In the IPL five t-shirts will be the full size, five will be given by the team half (sleeves).
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“He will not give any signal but bowling with a full t-shirt – 6th, 10th over, 15th, 20th over – OK that is the signal.
ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit chief Alex Marshall said there’s no evidence to suggest the third Ashes Test is corrupted.
"We have now received all materials relating to The Sun investigation. We take the allegations extremely seriously and they will be investigated.
"At this stage of the investigation, there is no indication that any players in this Test have been in contact with the alleged fixers.
"The allegations are wide-ranging and relate to various forms cricket in several countries, including T20 tournaments. We will look closely at all the information," he said.
