**Cricket chiefs are investigating claims of suspicious bookmaker activity linked to the Ashes series.**The International Cricket Council confirmed it was investigating after receiving a report from the Australian team management.
Cricinfo website reported an Australian player was approached after last month’s second Test by a man suspected of having links to illegal bookmaking.
The decisive final Test starts at The Oval, south London, on Thursday.
Cricinfo reported that the unidentified Australian player immediately alerted senior team officials, who notified the ICC’s anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU).
An ICC spokesman said: "I can confirm the ACSU has received a report from Australia team management.
"The anti-corruption and security unit of the ICC has developed and implemented a fairly comprehensive education programme for all international players and every single international player has undergone that education and is aware of his responsibilities to report any suspicious activity that he feels he may have been subject to.
“It seems in this case that education has hit home and we have received a report that the ACSU will now investigate.”