Cricket Australia has slammed the credibility of the man behind "outlandish'' claims in a London court implicating Australian players in match fixing.
The claims surfaced on Monday as Mazher Mahmood, a former journalist for the now-defunct News of the World, gave evidence at the spot fixing trial of ex-Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif.
Agent Mazhar Majeed, who is accused of taking bribes to fix matches, said on a covert recording played to Southwark Crown Court that Australian players were "the biggest'' when it came to rigging games.
On the tape Majeed, 36, told undercover journalist Mahmood that Australian cricketers and Pakistan stars were involved in betting scams.
The jury was played recordings of meetings between the London-based agent and Mahmood, who was posing as a rich Indian businessman seeking major international players for a tournament.