London: Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed denied on Saturday having told a British newspaper that his teammates on the England tour were involved in a betting scam.
The News of The World quoted Hameed in its edition due out Sunday as saying that some Pakistan players were fixing in "almost every match.
"I have not given any interview to the News of the World or any newspaper," he said from England, where he has been since playing in Pakistan's Test series that ended last week.
Hameed added: "I can never think of blaming my teammates in match-fixing."
I have just told the team management that the newspaper is claiming I have given them an interview. This is not correct.
The News of The World said Hameed told the tabloid that some of his team-mates were cheats. "They've been caught. Only the ones that get caught are branded crooks. They were doing it (fixing) in almost every match. God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages," Hameed was quoted as saying.