Sanath Jayasundara charged under ICC anti-corruption code
Cricket | May 11, 2019 18:25 ISTJayasundara, a performance analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
|
|
|
|
Jayasundara, a performance analyst at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
Before the announcement, Veteran pacer Malinga was sacked as ODI skipper with SLC on Wednesday naming Test captain Karunaratne to lead the country at the 50 over World cup.
Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne will replace Lasith Malinga, who had captained the team during the 0-5 loss to South Africa in the ODI series.
After helping Mumbai to a 37-run victory, Malinga left to play for Galle in Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Limited Over Tournament.
Dilhara Lokuhettige, a former medium pacer who played nine ODIs and two T20Is for Sri Lanka, has been charged with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and given 14 days to respond.
Dimuth Karunaratne is expected to appear in court as early as Monday after the 30-year-old cricketer was granted bail.
Malinga is currently the ODI skipper and it is highly likely that he would be picked in Sri Lanka's World Cup squad.
Hathurusingha will be returning to Sri Lanka after the final ODI game in Cape Town on March 16.
After border tensions broke out between India and Pakistan last week, the Sri Lankan Airlines cancelled all its flights to Lahore.
March 3, 2019 marks the 10-year anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium.
Jayasuriya was questioned as part of the ICC's investigation of wide-scale corruption in Sri Lankan cricket and charged under articles 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 of ICC's code of conduct.
Jayasuriya was questioned as part of the ICC's investigation of wide-scale corruption in Sri Lankan cricket.
The SLC election was slated to be held on February 2 but was postponed by two weeks as per the advice of the Attorney General.
The SLC elections were due since May last year but could not take place due to questions over the suitability of certain candidates.
Dananjaya was suspended from bowling after being reported during the first Test against England last year in November and subsequently underwent an independent assessment of his bowling action.
Akila Dananjaya was suspended from bowling after being reported during the first Test against England in Galle from 6-10 November.
The current voting structure of SLC has come under scanner after interested businessmen are found to manipulate the process.
Despite winning both ODI and T20 World Cup, Sri Lankan cricket has not quite had a smooth transition since the retirement of golden generation of players like Muralitharan, Jayawardene and Sangakkara through the years.
The captain of Colombo's Nondescripts Cricket Club posted scores of 201 in his first innings and 231 in his second in a match against Sinhalese Sports Club.
Thirty-year-old Karunaratne, who was 46 not out when he was hit in the back of the neck by a bouncer from Cummins, fell to the ground dropping his bat before the Australian cricketers ran for help.
Live Scorecard
Top News
Latest News
