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The Professional Cricketers' Association has vowed to make it easier and safer for players to report match-fixing approaches.

The pledge, from the PCA's legal director Ian Smith, came as a newspaper report claimed that a senior county professional had been invited to "name his price" for throwing a game.

The unnamed player reportedly contacted the authorities following an approach from an Indian businessman seeking to rig a televised English one-day match.

And the England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed on Wednesday (May 26) that a second player had reported match-fixing approaches by bookmakers.

With fears that players are scared to make such approaches public for fear of reprisals from organised crime networks, the PCA is working with International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit (ACU) to make the process foolproof.

Smith told the Daily Telegraph: "The PCA are determined to work with the ACU to develop a workable protocol that allows players to come forward with confidence.

"We recognise that it is for the good of the game that players fulfil their duty to report approaches.

"We are aware of the concerns players might have over these issues and we will work with the ACU to address those."