A report into allegations West Indian batsman Brian Lara took bribes is set to be released soon.

The West Indies Cricket Board has received a copy of the report, written by Elliott Motley.

Motley was asked to investigate claims made by an Indian bookmaker that Lara received $40,000 to play badly in two one-day internationals in 1994.

Lara has strenuously denied the allegations, which were first made in a separate report into corruption by India's Central Bureau of Investigation.

Exonerated

WICB president Wes Hall said: "I'm currently reading the report, which is quite extensive, and then I shall be making a statement.

"Before then I don't wish to comment on the findings."

The BCCI investigation led to five cricketers including Hansie Cronje, Mohammad Azharuddin and Salim Malik, being banned from cricket.

A number of cricket authorities have commissioned similar investigations into the allegations.

Boards in Australia, England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand exonerated players when the bookmaker in question Mukesh Gupta, failed to back up his story last July.