There are some fairly alarming allegations made in the report

Tony Blair

Sir Paul Condon is author of the report

"The report vindicates the stand of the Delhi police and it's nice to know our investigations have had far-reaching effects," Delhi joint commissioner K K Paul said.

There was no immediate comment from Indian cricket chiefs, and both Pakistani and Sri Lankan officials said they needed more time to study the document.

Investigation concerns

Australian Cricket Board chief executive Malcolm Speed was quick to react, saying that he was "very happy" to learn anything new which might arise from the report.

Australia wants Mark Waugh's case to be resolved

But he added that he was concerned about a continuing investigation into claims that Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta had paid Australian batsman Mark Waugh for team information at a Hong Kong tournament in 1993.

"It needs to be resolved either by Gupta giving evidence... or... we need at some stage to be able to say that's the end of the matter so Mark can be exonerated," he said.

Disappointment

New Zealand officials were surprised by some of the allegations.

Cricket operations manager John Reid dismissed suggestions that his team's victory in last year's International Cricket Conference Knockout Trophy had been fixed.

"It's disappointing - we win something and people cast aspersions," he said, adding that the report would persuade national cricket boards to be "aggressively vigilant" with their players.

English officials called for a tougher line against match-fixers.

England and Wales Cricket Board head Lord MacLaurin told the BBC that all offenders should be given a life ban.

"You can't just suspend people for six or nine months or whatever," he said.

"The game has to do without them, whoever they may be."