Ashes fixing row: Ex-players, officials react with disbelief

Former players rubbished fixing allegations during the Perth Test

Bengaluru, December 14: The third Ashes Test between England and Australia at Perth was rocked by a fixing allegation raised by The Sun through their report.

Understandably, cricketers from around the world reacted with disbelief through various platforms. Here's a few of them.

Mike Hussey (Former Australian batsman)

"The players these days get educated every single season about the pitfalls, the dangers, the penalties if you get involved in this sort of thing are very, very strict as well," Hussey told Fox Sports. "I'd be very surprised if it's true.

"The players of England and Australia are very well paid so I would doubt they'd be tempted into this sort of behaviour to earn extra money out of it."

Geoff Lawson (Former Australian pacer)

"Looking at that piece of video (of the bookmakers discussing spot fixing), and coming from a bloke called Sobers somewhere or other, it looks like a total preposterous piece of work.

"The numbers they talk are inconsistent. You cannot fix Test cricket sessions - we're waiting for more information - but that looked like a bunch of rubbish to me.

"All we can do is speculate. Test cricket has never really been put in the firing line."

Gavin Robertson (Former Australia spinner)

"None of that sounds logical, with regards to fixing sessions," Robertson told Fox Sports News 500.

"Theoretically it'd have to be someone connected who could get to players - that's the first part of it.

"I had an administrator tell me 14 months ago, 'We've really got on top of this, the ICC have a done a lot of work and they're very much across this stuff.'

The ECB

"ECB work closely with the ICC and their Anti-Corruption unit to protect the integrity of the international game. We are aware of these allegations and there is no suggestion that any of the England team is involved in any way."

Twitter reactions

Match Fixing Allegations!. 🏏 #ashes https://t.co/4giTv6rDM5
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) December 13, 2017

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙈🙈🙈🙈 https://t.co/AvzafuwRLv
— KP (@KP24) December 13, 2017

Will say it again .. If any players or administrators are found guilty of any wrong doing they should be banned from the game for life .. https://t.co/fiUr6mfYf5
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 13, 2017

Really? Not a deflection on how badly the Poms are playing? Why would alleged bookies say what they are up to? https://t.co/jMHMmRpmaw
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) December 14, 2017