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This is an archive article published on October 12, 2011

Majeed has put every player under suspicion: Oz body

An angry Paul Marsh says every player has been unfairly tainted by the sensational match-fixing allegations

Alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed8217;s claim that Australians were the biggest offenders of match-fixing is far from true but it has put every player under suspicion,feels Australian Cricketers Association ACA chief executive Paul Marsh.

An angry Marsh said that every player has been unfairly tainted by the sensational match-fixing allegations of Majeed.

8220;This person8217;s said what he8217;s said but if you8217;re going to come out and make accusations put names to it. I would have much preferred he8217;d done that and then there8217;s an investigation and we go from there. But what he has done here is he8217;s put every player under suspicion,8221; Marsh was quoted as saying in the Australian media.

8220;There is no evidence and that8217;s the point we all need to keep on making. If there is some evidence here then bring it forward and it8217;ll be investigated and we8217;ll take it seriously.8221;

Majeed,a players8217; agent who was caught in a sting operation for allegedly orgainising corruption in cricket matches,has claimed that he knew several international players and that Australians were 8220;the biggest8221; offenders of match-fixing.

Majeed made that claims to an undercover reporter of the now-closed 8216;News of the World8217;,and these came to light after the taped conversation was played during the corruption trial of former Pakistan captain Butt and fast bowler Mohammed Asif.

Marsh believes it would be an almost impossible task for an Australian player to escape detection if he was involved in match-fixing.

 

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