Karachi, Aug 1 - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Saturday expressed surprise over the demands of a probe into an alleged effort by bookmakers to contact national cricketers in Sri Lanka, saying that such an exercise is out of its domain.

A PCB statement said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has strict regulations to stop match-fixing and that the matter was referred to the game's governing body.

'Match fixing in all the ICC matches are monitored by ICC under the supervision of Lord Condon. Currently there are one or two senior staff of ICC in Sri Lanka ensuring complete control over the match fixing. How does PCB come into this matter? The matter was reported by the PCB staff in Sri Lanka to the concerned official of the ICC in Sri Lanka and they took some urgent steps in this regard,' said the statement.

Former PCB chairman General (retd) Tauqir Zia and ex-chief selector Abdul Qadir had Friday demanded a comprehensive probe into reports that Pakistani cricketers were approached by alleged bookmakers during the first two tests in Galle and Colombo last month.

'It is very surprising to note in today's papers the statement by Gen. Tauqir Zia and Mr Abdul Qadir regarding match fixing in Colombo. May be Mr. Qadir is not aware of the control mechanism for match fixing, but we are sure Gen. Tauqir Zia would be aware of the match fixing controls,' said the PCB statement.

Apart from Zia and Qadir, a key member of the PCB had also raised the issue.