Suspicions that the Australia-Pakistan Sydney [ Images ] Test could have been fixed, is bound to get stronger with a newspaper in Melbourne [ Images ] splashing a picture of some Pakistani cricketers with alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed, who is at the center of a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the game.
The Australian newspaper printed a picture of Majeed, who was arrested and later released on bail following a sting operation exposing his involvement in a betting ring in London [ Images ], with Pakistani cricketers.
The picture shows the players dining with Majeed at a Perth restaurant three weeks after the match.
The photograph is set to lend credence to the suspicion that the Sydney Test, which Pakistan lost from a position of strength, might have been fixed.
"In the Sydney Test Match they made 1.8 million pounds ($2.8 million). They gave away the match," Pakistani opener Yasir Hameed [ Images ] told British tabloid The News of the World in another video of the sting operation.
Pakistani wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal dropped four easy catches during the match and the ICC [ Images ] has reportedly written to him on an issue which is not yet known.
Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt [ Images ] and pacers Muhammad Amir and Mohammad Asif [ Images ] have already been suspended after allegedly bowling no balls to order.
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