lkdood
03-19-2010, 07:22 PM
Reports now circulating the Sri Lanka capital suggest that members of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit (ACU) recently held investigations in Colombo over charges of malpractice.
So far Sri Lanka Cricket officials have maintained a wall of silence regarding the visit that was said to have happened last week. It is said to have followed a report handed to the ICC several weeks ago detailing the misconduct of officials and in which players are alleged to have been involved.
Secrecy, however, surrounds the visit and details of the corruption reports. Anonymous sources within SLC have, however, confirmed that 'a small team of ACU members' visited the island nation in relation to Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka last year where two games are under scrutiny. The investigation may also involve a match during Sri Lanka's tour of India.
Coming as it does after Pakistan's tough disciplinary action against Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naved and Shahid Afridi, the charges involving certain Sri Lankan officials and others is not out of the question, says the source, who stopped short of making match-fixing allegations.
It is known that the ACU unit met with certain SLC officials before leaving for India where they are now involved in watching matches at the Indian Premier League. One of the unit members is Niranjan Virk who heads the Indian/Sri Lankan ACU operation, whether he was involved in the investigation is uncertain. The ACU are said to have a thick dossier detailing corruption matters involving a number of officials and players.
Sri Lanka Cricket has been run since April 2005 by a government appointed ad-hoc committee known as the Interim Committee with former captain Arjuna Ranatunga being ushered in as chairman in January 2008 but lasted less than a year after a controversial term of office.
The sports ministry ran the board for a three-month period with Gamini Lokuge, the Minister of Sport as head of the board during which time India played a series of ODIs in Colombo that also involved a controversial deal with the television company Nimbus. It is now almost a year since for Test leg-spinner DS de Silva was appointed as the third interim committee chairman in five years.
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So far Sri Lanka Cricket officials have maintained a wall of silence regarding the visit that was said to have happened last week. It is said to have followed a report handed to the ICC several weeks ago detailing the misconduct of officials and in which players are alleged to have been involved.
Secrecy, however, surrounds the visit and details of the corruption reports. Anonymous sources within SLC have, however, confirmed that 'a small team of ACU members' visited the island nation in relation to Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka last year where two games are under scrutiny. The investigation may also involve a match during Sri Lanka's tour of India.
Coming as it does after Pakistan's tough disciplinary action against Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naved and Shahid Afridi, the charges involving certain Sri Lankan officials and others is not out of the question, says the source, who stopped short of making match-fixing allegations.
It is known that the ACU unit met with certain SLC officials before leaving for India where they are now involved in watching matches at the Indian Premier League. One of the unit members is Niranjan Virk who heads the Indian/Sri Lankan ACU operation, whether he was involved in the investigation is uncertain. The ACU are said to have a thick dossier detailing corruption matters involving a number of officials and players.
Sri Lanka Cricket has been run since April 2005 by a government appointed ad-hoc committee known as the Interim Committee with former captain Arjuna Ranatunga being ushered in as chairman in January 2008 but lasted less than a year after a controversial term of office.
The sports ministry ran the board for a three-month period with Gamini Lokuge, the Minister of Sport as head of the board during which time India played a series of ODIs in Colombo that also involved a controversial deal with the television company Nimbus. It is now almost a year since for Test leg-spinner DS de Silva was appointed as the third interim committee chairman in five years.
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