The Sri Lankan board (SLC) said it had suspended the curator of the Galle International Stadium as well as a professional player, who were featured in an Al Jazeera documentary on corruption in cricket. "Sri Lanka Cricket decided to suspend with immediate effect the alleged individuals involved in the said incident against whom the ICC is carrying out investigations," the board said. Warnaweera, a former Test player, had failed to attend interviews with the ICC's anti-corruption unit. Sri Lankan players and umpires have been accused of match fixing in the past, but Warnaweera is the highest ranking official punished so far. Although no big-name Sri Lankan player has ever been convicted of corruption, several former stars have made allegations of either match fixing or spot-fixing -- when players deliberately bowl or field badly to give away a set number of runs.

Source: Sunday Times May 27, 2018 16:18 UTC