Cricket bosses have launched an urgent probe after a newspaper investigation found two men claimed they were able to fix the Ashes.
One of the men, known as the Indian Mr Big, claimed to know which overs to bet on and how many runs will be scored.
During The Sun’s investigation, they filmed the two alleged fixers, Sobers Joban and Priyank Saxena, discussing the Third Test which starts on Thursday morning.
They were filmed by the newspaper saying that some corrupt players make a sign to illustrate that the premeditated fix is going ahead.
Some of the gestures include a batsman changing his gloves or removing his helmet and putting it back on. Other signs include a bowler wearing a long-sleeve top.
Once the signal is made, those who are involved in the fix and who are sitting in the crowd alert the bookies and bet millions of pounds into the underground Indian betting market, The Sun reports.
The newspaper claims they were asked for £138,000 to ‘spot fix’ some of the betting markets, such as the number of runs scored in a particular over.
During their conversations, no current England cricket stars were mentioned.
The International Cricket Council has been informed about the investigation and said they are taking the allegations ‘seriously’.
Both Joban, a former state cricketer, and Saxena, a bookmaker and businessman, were covertly filmed in Delhi and Dubai during the newspaper’s four-month investigation.
Joban revealed that some players followed certain scripts and explained that they are able to score an exact number of runs per over and finish on a particular figure.
He also said some players would be able to fix when a wicket would fall and if a team chose to bat or ball after the coin toss at the start of the match.
He told the undercover reporter: ‘I will give you work in Ashes Test. Session runs.
The two men claimed they were able to fix the Ashes (pictured here, the second test at Adelaide
‘Maybe day one, two, three. We have two session work, one session costs 60 lakh rupees (£69,000), two sessions 120 lakh rupees (£138,000).
‘Right now if I tell you he want one crore (£116,000), he might want five crores (£580,000).’
Saxena added that the offer was confirmed ‘one thousand per cent’. He later revealed he had spoken to an Australian fixer, knows at The Silent Man.
He told the newspaper that an attempt to fix a score and match was due in the middle of the Ashes and he later confirmed that the fix attempt was going ahead.
Joban also said he is contact with South African, Pakistan and Australian players and he alleged a Test cricketer was paid £175,000 to bowl a wide during a game.
An ICC spokesman told the paper: ‘These are serious allegations and of grave concern.
‘Our anti-corruption unit will continue working to uphold integrity in cricket focusing on education, prevention and disruption of any attempts to corrupt, including in relation to the third Test in Australia.’