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The Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) says it is “confident” that English cricket is clean in the wake of the latest match-fixing scandal to rock the sport.

The News of the World sting which allegedly showed Mazhar Majeed accepting money to organise pre-arranged no-balls during the Lord's Test between England and Pakistan has sent shockwaves through the sporting world.

Angus Porter, the PCA chief executive, told Cricinfo the organisation was also considering starting its education programmes earlier than is currently the case to ensure young cricketers are aware of potential dangers.

"We are in no way complacent about the English game but are confident it remains clean," he said. "It's impossible to say these things never happen – and we are aware of approaches being made to players – but remain confident that the system we have in place works.

"However, we are currently reminding all the players of their responsibilities and may consider beginning our education programme at an earlier stage. Currently that only starts when a cricketer turns professional but we will give serious thought to going into the Academy system and there is the potential for an online training system to also be implemented."