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New revelations about match-fixing in cricket have cast a cloud over the sport and past wins. A match-fixer was caught on tape boasting about how he earned $1.3 million from the Pakistan v Australia Test in Sydney this year, which Australia won in a remarkable come-from-behind victory.

Mazhar Majeed, a property developer and player agent, has been arrested by Scotland Yard and is thought to be the leader at the centre of the scandal. Pakistani players are being investigated for any part they may have played, but none have yet been arrested.

The British tabloid News of the World has released video footage of Majeed, with piles of cash, talking about how he’d made more than a million dollars from the controversial Sydney Test. The agent also makes claims certain players will play to all instructions.

Adding to suspicion, the paper reports that Majeed told its go-between exactly when no-balls would be bowled by Pakistani bowlers in the Test against England this week. Bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif delivered no-balls during the overs nominated by Majeed.

Richie Benaud, former Australian captain and columnist for the News of the World, said that in 52 years of being involved in cricket, "nothing has distressed me more" than these revelations.

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