Sri Lanka Cricket Coach Suspended over Match Fixing Allegations
Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) bowling coach, Anusha Samaranayake, was banned
for 2 months on Monday 18th January over allegations of attempted
match fixing. These allegations centre on the first Test match against the West
Indies last October, a match that was won by Sri Lanka for an innings and six
runs.
Samaranayake has been accused of introducing the main suspect of the
investigation, net bowler Gayan Vishwajith, to the team. Vishwajith, who used
to participate in training sessions, approached team members to intentionally
underperform in matches.
The country’s cricket board
recently declared that "SLC has received several complaints regarding
a close relationship between Anusha Samaranayake and Gayan Vishwajith, who
approached several players for the alleged illegal activities”.
It is suspected that the wicketkeeper Kusal Perera, who was suspended
provisionally from the New Zealand tour after testing positive for steroids,
and bowler Rangana Herath were offered around 10 million
Sri Lanka rupees (around £48,600) to throw the game. The players rejected the
offer, alerted officials and went on to win the match against the West Indies.
Vishwajith has
been banned for life from any Sri Lankan cricketing grounds and events.
Additionally, Perera is facing a possible four-year ban after failing the
anti-doping test last October.
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Angelo Matthews,
captain of SLC, stated that the goal is to have a fair and clean game and that “whoever
has done something wrong, we want to bring them before the courts and take
certain measures; as captain I have to mention that the cricketers felt really
uncomfortable the last few days because they are the ones who came forward and
reported this to the International Cricket Council.”
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