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England silent on Stewart's involvement in matchfixing

England cricket team officials were silent today after former captain Alec Stewart was named in India's potentially explosive match-fixing report.

The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) report claims bookmaker Mukesh Gupta paid Stewart 5,000 pounds(3,460 dollars) for pitch, weather and team information.

"We are in constant touch with the England and Wales cricket board in London and Stewart or any other official will not make any comment until the report is made public, " team spokesman Andrew Walpole said.

The England opener and wicketkeeper was among nine foreign cricketers named by the bookie as having taken money either for information or to influence the outcome of matches.

No concrete proof of Gupta's allegations is provided in the CBI report.

Stewart is not playing in the four-day match against the Patrons XI whcih started here today.

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