Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif leaves Kilburn police station in London after being questioned on Friday. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A teammate of the three Pakistani cricketers suspended on corruption charges has reportedly claimed that players on his team have been fixing "almost every match."

The News of the World newspaper quotes opening batsman Yasir Hameed as saying Pakistan players were regularly throwing matches.

"They were doing it in almost every match," Hameed was quoted as saying. "God knows what they were up to. Scotland Yard was after them for ages. It makes me angry because I'm playing my best and they are trying to lose."

Hameed played in last week's fourth Test against England, in which Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are alleged to have deliberately bowled no-balls in conspiracy with bookmakers.

The International Cricket Council suspended Asif, Amir and Test captain Salman Butt this week while it investigates them for various offences under the sport's anti-corruption code.

The ICC has not detailed the charges, which followed a sting operation detailed in last week's News of the World that alleged a middleman accepted payment in exchange for the deliberate no-balls.

Massive scandal widens

The ICC has called it the biggest fixing scandal to hit cricket for a decade. The News of the World said its Sunday edition will report that a fourth Pakistani player is being investigated by the ICC, but that he cannot be named for legal reasons.

The tabloid said Butt, Amir and Asif face a total of 23 charges from the ICC.

They were released without criminal charges after being questioned by London police on Friday, but could be banned from cricket for life if found guilty by the ICC.

The captain of Pakistan's limited overs teams has apologized to cricket fans for the controversy. Shahid Afridi said Saturday that the players in the squad for the remaining two Twenty20 and five one-day matches against England were upset by the allegations.

"On behalf of these boys — I know they're not in this series — I want to say sorry to all cricket lovers and all cricketing nations," Afridi said.

"It's very bad news," Afridi said ahead of Sunday's first Twenty20 in Cardiff. "It's a big challenge for me as captain but we're all ready. The coach and I are not talking about the issue — we are here to play cricket."