Sanath Jayasuriya AgenciesIcon Sanath Jayasuriya, a member of Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup-winning XI and a former Member of Parliament, has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching its Anti-Corruption Code on two counts. Now 49, Jayasuriya hasn’t been charged with either match-fixing or spot-fixing, but for (a) not cooperating with an ongoing investigation and (b) concealing/tampering/destroying evidence pertaining to the same investigation. According to well-placed sources of The Telegraph, the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) first got in touch with Jayasuriya around a year ago. “Sri Lanka has been the focus of an ongoing investigation for some years and one of the leads pointed to Jayasuriya. Word from Sri Lanka is that Jayasuriya will call a media conference, either on Tuesday or Wednesday, to clarify his position.

Source: The Telegraph October 15, 2018 21:33 UTC