Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has denied that he was visited at his home in 1991 by Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta.

In the report of the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation released today the comment was made: "MK [Mukesh Gupta] has stated that he met Martin Crowe in New Zealand, sometime in 1991, after being introduced by [Aravinda] de Silva.

"He has stated that he met Martin Crowe at his residence and Crowe's wife Simone was also present during the meeting.

"MK has further stated that he paid a sum of $20,000 to Crowe to get information about the pitch, team composition, weather, etc. whenever the New Zealand team played. However, MK says that Crowe refused to fix any matches for him."

Earlier, when referring to Sri Lankan players named, de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga, the report commented that MK had been "telephonically introduced" to Crowe by de Silva.

Crowe's lawyer David Howman told CricInfo today that Gupta had never been to Crowe's home.

He said the whole episode had been distressing for Crowe, especially when no one from the Indian enquiry had contacted him to verify the claims made by the bookmaker.

"Martin has stated what happened. We don't need to do anymore, there is nothing we can do.

"We will partake of anything we have to, although Martin doesn't really have to because he is no longer playing.

"However, with his role in the game now he wouldn't want to be rude to anyone," Howman said.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) meanwhile has moved to establish the facts surrounding the report and the claims against Crowe in it.

Chief executive Christopher Doig said: "We need to know exactly what is in the report before we determine our next course of action and I have asked the Indian cricket board to send us a copy as soon as possible. If it contains matters regarding further investigation, we will put in place mechanisms to deal with it.

"I have spoken this morning both with the national code of conduct commissioner, Mr Nick Davidson, and Sir John Anderson, chairman of New Zealand Cricket.

"It has been agreed that the New Zealand Cricket Board will need to determine the terms of reference and scope of any inquiry that is deemed necessary, should the circumstances highlighted in the Indian report warrant that.

"I note that the England Cricket Board has proposed today that Sir Paul Condon, head of the ICC's anti-corruption unit, be asked on behalf of all the cricket boards who have had the players named in the Indian Government report to investigate those claims further and to see if there's any evidence to corroborate any of them.

"Clearly New Zealand Cricket will support that proposal and fully co-operate with Sir Paul's investigations," Doig said.

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