ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top crime  investigative agency will send a team to Britain this week to  look at corruption allegations against some of the country’s  cricket players, a senior official said yesterday.

Investigations by British police and the International  Cricket Council (ICC) are already underway into a newspaper  report alleging three Pakistan players had been bribed to fix  incidents in last week’s fourth test against England.

London police confiscated the mobile phones of test captain  Salman Butt as well as pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad  Asif, and the trio — plus wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal — were  questioned at the team’s hotel.

A senior official at the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)  in Karachi told Reuters the three-member team was likely to  leave for London today and planned to meet British police  and players.

President Asif Ali Zardari, who is the patron of the  Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has sought reports from Pakistani  officials in London, according to his official spokesman.

“The President is in touch with the High Commissioner in  London and has asked for reports on the issue,” Farhatullah  Babar told Reuters.

The Pakistan team arrived in Taunton in west England on  Monday to play a warm-up game for two Twenty20 internationals  and a five-match one-day series against England, which starts on  Sunday.

PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said the players being investigated  would not be suspended without proof of wrongdoing, however.