The cricket boards of Pakistan, India and Sri lanka want the International Cricket Council (ICC) to throw the duo out of cricket after both players admitted taking money from an illegal bookmaker.

The ICC is expected to consider the matter when it meets in New Zealand on January 10 and 11.

Warne: Denies match-fixing

But the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive officer Mal Speed said the pair could not be banned as they had already been punished for their offences and the matter was officially closed.

Waugh and Warne have admitted taking the money for providing pitch and weather information to the Indian bookmaker during a tournament in Sri Lanka in 1994.

Both have apologised, but deny any involvement in match-fixing.

They were fined by the ACB in February 1995. But the offences remained secret until journalists broke the story earlier this month.

The ACB announced last week it would conduct its own inquiry into match-fixing after several players said they had been approached by bookmakers both on the subcontinent and in Australia.

The move came after the ACB was criticised for keeping details of the offences secret for so long.

Bribery inquiry

The issue has been intensified because Waugh, Warne and former test off-spinner Tim May accused ex-Pakistan captain Salim Malik of offering them bribes to play poorly during Australia's tour of Pakistan in 1994.

Waugh: Took money for weather and pitch advice

Malik has denied the charges and says Warne's and Waugh's admission over the Indian bookmaker proves his innocence.

Waugh, Warne and former ACB chairman Alan Crompton are to appear before a Pakistan inquiry which will sit in Australia as part of an investigation into bribery and match-fixing in Pakistan cricket.