We’re not match-fixers, says Australia captain Clarke

(Reuters) – Australia test and one-day captain  Michael Clarke has defended his players against match-fixing  allegations after a sports agent said the country’s top  cricketers were “the biggest” culprits.
Mazhar Majeed, accused by prosecutors of taking bribes to  fix matches, also said that Australian cricketers had fixed  “brackets”, a set period of a match on which punters bet, a  London court heard on Monday.
The accusation drew a scornful response from Cricket  Australia earlier this week and Clarke said on Friday he was  “very confident” no Australian players were involved.
“For me personally, it’s not the Australian way,” Clarke  told reporters in Sydney before boarding a plane for the tour of  South Africa.
“Never in my time have I experienced a conversation with  anybody about any such thing.
“There’s obviously been a couple of occasions when guys have  been approached and that’s been reported to our team manager and  the ICC … so all the boys in the Australian team are aware  that it is happening, it is going on.
“But it’s never involved me and I’m very confident it’s  never involved any of the Australian players.”
Clarke’s comments come as the trial involving spot-fixing  allegations against former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and  bowler Mohammad Asif continues in London.
Prosecutors allege that Majeed conspired with Butt and fast  bowlers Asif and Mohammad Amir to fix parts of the Lord’s test  between England and Pakistan last August.
Clarke will lead Australia in three one-day internationals  and two tests against South Africa in October and November.