New Zealand Cricket said it had appointed a three-man team to look into allegations that former captain Martin Crowe took money from an Indian bookmaker.

The inquiry will be headed by retired High Court judge Sir Ian Barker and Queen's Counsel Nick Davidson, assisted by lawyer Tim Gresson.

A report released by the BCCI last week named Crowe as one of a number of international players reputed to have been paid or offered money for information.

"The BCCI report claimed that Martin Crowe received US$20,000 (£14,000) for providing information to Indian bookmaker M K Gupta, in 1992.

"Martin has strenuously denied the allegations against him and has welcomed the initiation of an independent, New Zealand-based inquiry," New Zealand Cricket chief executive Christopher Doig said in a statement.

Two ex-Scotland Yard detectives with the International Cricket Council anti-corruption unit are also to investigate all the players named in the match-fixing report.