Trent Johnston and Inzamam-ul-Haq after Ireland beat Pakistan

Former Test player Ijaz Butt said: "We found no indication that match-fixing took place in the matches Pakistan lost to West Indies and Ireland." Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was murdered soon after the defeat to Ireland.

Butt said: "The players and officials were clearly devastated. They didn't appear to have any role in his death."

He added: "The former chairman of the board Shaharyar Khan gave us in writing that he felt spot-fixing still took place in cricket but there is no evidence to back up his claim."

Spot-fixing is the process by which minute events in a match - such as the number of wides in a particular over - can be manipulated by a gambler with a vested interest.

Butt and his three-man panel will continue to make recommendations to the Pakistan Cricket Board to avoid a repeat of their World Cup failure.

World Cup captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, manager Talat Ali and several other players appeared before the committee.