London, Sept. 5: A former Pakistani Test cricketer has alleged that a national player had hidden a mobile phone inside the right earpiece of his helmet while waiting to bat during an international match.

Under International Cricket Council’s regulations, players are not allowed to use cell phones on the ground during international matches, a move designed to prevent communication between match-fixers and players.

The anonymous player has passed on the information to the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.

“My reaction was one of disbelief,” said the former Test player.

“I had reason to suspect things were going on in international cricket, and you never had total confidence in certain games because of the rumours about match-fixing and spot-fixing.

“But when I was told about this player with the mobile inside his helmet, I was flabbergasted,” he was quoted as saying in the daily Telegraph. The revelation comes a week after an English tabloid broke the news of three Pakistan players’ involvement in spot-fixing in the Lord’s Test.