The 36-year-old told an undercover journalist that Australian cricketers and Pakistan stars were involved in betting scams, London’s Southwark Crown Court was told yesterday.
Mr Majeed boasted that he knew Hollywood star Brad Pitt and tennis ace Roger Federer "very well" and could arrange for them to promote a proposed cricket tournament in the United Arab Emirates, the court heard.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Majeed, from south London, conspired with Pakistan's former Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to fix parts of the Lord's Test between England and Pakistan in August last year.
Butt and Asif, who are standing trial, deny conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments.
Mr Majeed alleged that Aussie players would fix "brackets", a set period of a match on which punters bet, for example, how many runs will be scored.
"The Australians, they are the biggest. They have 10 brackets a game," he said in the tape played to the court.
This could be a very eye opening trial.
And in other cricket news, Brett Lee has been told he needs surgery for appendicitis and will miss the tour of South Africa which starts this week.
That's a pretty shocking blow for the blondie. He was due to have an operation in Cape Town late yesterday which will rule him out of all cricket for between six and eight weeks.
Rest up mate and get well soon.
ROONEY SET TO LEARN FATE
Soccer - England striker Wayne Rooney will discover the length of his Euro 2012 suspension today.
The 25-year-old Manchester United player is in a nervous wait and will definitely miss England's first game in the tournament after kicking Miodrag Dzudovic in the 2-2 draw with Montenegro.
UEFA’s disciplinary panel could decide to increase the punishment to three matches, but England remain hopeful it will only be a one-game ban after referee Wolfgang Stark admitted Rooney's acceptance of his red card could work in his favour.
England coach Fabio Capello has warned Rooney that he cannot expect to stroll back into the Euro 2012 reckoning after serving his suspension.
"Yes," replied Capello, when asked if he was prepared to leave Rooney out of his team.
"In my life as a manager I have put on the bench a lot of players. I always decided who was the best player at that moment."
Wonder if the harsh reality is setting in for Rooney now?
TOMIC SERVES UP A WIN IN CHINA
Tennis - Bernard Tomic is into the second round of the ATP Shanghai Masters after slogging it out with South African Kevin Anderson.
Tomic beat Anderson 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 in a match dominated by serve, the young Aussie forcing the only break of the contest in the decider.
"I'm happy I won against a player like Kevin because he can beat so many world class players on his day," said Tomic, who achieved a career-high ranking of 49 on Monday.
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