Wasim, Waqar were involved in fixing: Majeed

London: Match-fixing in cricket has been "happening for centuries," according to the player agent at the centre of the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations.
During recordings played at London's Southwark crown court on the fourth day of the trial on Monday, agent Mazhar Majeed named several high-profile ex-Pakistan internationals as well as unnamed Australians as being involved in corruption.
Majeed also boasted of knowing Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and tennis star Roger Federer, and of "regrettably" turning down the chance of involvement in the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire.
The recordings were made by the prosecution's chief witness Mazhar Mahmood, the undercover journalist who was working for the now-defunct British tabloid The News of the World.
Butt, Asif and Pakistan teammate Mohammad Amir are accused of conspiring with Majeed to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth Test against England at Lord's between August 15-29 last year.

Butt and Asif, who fell asleep at times as the recordings were played out on Monday, deny the charges. Majeed and Amir aren't required to appear in court.
The court heard how Mahmood lured Majeed to an initial meeting at a London hotel posing as an Indian businessman with the promise of setting up a tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
"It's been happening for centuries," Majeed told Mahmood. "Wasim (Akram), Waqar (Younis), Ijaz Ahmed, Moin Khan, they all did it ... These poor boys they need to. They're getting paid peanuts."
Majeed went on to accuse Australian players of being the "biggest" match-fixers in world cricket, though he never backed his claim up with any evidence.
He also said he and his Pakistan player clients had been "working very hard" towards losing a match on the tainted 2010 England tour, which would have been a limited overs international.
Majeed detailed how he could fix entire matches for a set cost — 1 million pounds ($1.6 million) for a Test or 400,000 pounds ($627,000) for a Twenty20 match — or certain events, known as spot-fixing.
While the recordings were being played, journalist Mahmood sat in the witness box behind a screen to hide his identity from the public and media.
Also Monday, Benedict Bermange, a statistician for Sky Sports television who was called as an expert witness, said two no-balls bowled by Amir during the Lord's test against England were "the largest no balls in terms of the front foot over the crease I've ever seen."