Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities upon Tuesday denied allegations of match-fixing by dual of their players together with Mahela Jayawardene, seen here in Feb 2011, in their World Cup better to Pakistan.
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COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities upon Tuesday denied allegations of match-fixing by dual of their players in their World Cup better to Pakistan.
Mahela Jayawardene as good as Thilan Samaraweera competence have upon purpose “changed a game” by removing out low as good as pronounced a result would have been opposite had a span scored some-more runs.
The channel pronounced a internal office worker had placed an $18,000 gamble upon Sri Lanka losing a game.
Sri Lanka, who have been a single of a favourites to win a tournament, fell reduced of Pakistan’s sum of 277-7 by eleven runs upon Saturday, withdrawal thousands during a packaged R. Premadasa track in Colombo devastated.
“It is with low bewail which you note which a heading radio channel in a special programme, namely ‘Wimasuma’, has settled which Sri Lanka has mislaid opposite Pakistan due to dual of a heading players not removing runs in which game,” Sri Lanka Cricket pronounced in a press release.
“Further they combined which a dual players had unsuccessful intentionally, thereby implying which a players competence have been endangered in match-fixing,” pronounced SLC.
“SLC strongly condemns a bona fides of this anchor, who hosted a programme carrying a story which is groundless as good as thereby demoralising a players during a ongoing World Cup.”
“SLC will take up a make a difference with a applicable authorities of this channel, formed upon a actuality which this channel has brought good trouble to dual of a cricketers who have served a nation with honour as good as dignity,” it added.
Jayawardene contributed dual runs as good as Samaraweera a single to Sri Lanka’s sum of 266-9.
Jayawardene was deliberation authorised movement opposite a hire for implying he was guilty of corruption, a BBC said.
The player’s physical education instructor told AFP upon Tuesday which they were not commenting since “a grave routine has been initiated”.
Sri Lankan group physical education instructor Anura Tennekoon denied there would be any exploration from a SLC or from a International Cricket Council (ICC).
“Knowing both Mahela as good as Thilan, you feel there is no prerequisite to examine a make a difference and, as distant as a ICC has concerned, they have a right to examine though so distant they have not brought anything upon this,” Tennekoon said. “But you will plead a make a difference with a counsel as well.”
Three Pakistan cricketers — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif as good as Mohammad Aamer — were criminialized final month upon charges of crime relating to final year’s Lord’s Test opposite England.
Many Sri Lankan players have been investigated by a ICC over match-fixing in a past though no a single had ever been punished.
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