Colombo – Sri Lanka Cricket after receiving complaints regarding close acquaintance of Mr. Anusha Samaranayake with the main suspect Gayan Wishvanath who had approached several national players for the alleged illegal activities of match fixing , have decided to suspend him for two months until further investigations are concluded. Gayan Wishvajith has been totally barred in participating in any capacity whatsoever in Sri Lanka Cricket in the future.
Sri Lanka’s sports minister ordered a probe into allegations of an attempt to engineer a batting collapse in the match in Galle last October, the cricket board said in a statement. The hosts won the match decisively.
The board sacked a part-time employee, net bowler Gayan Vishwajith, and slapped a lifetime ban on him entering any cricket premises in the country over the same allegation.
Neither of the men was available for comment.
“Sri Lanka Cricket has received several complaints regarding close acquaintance of Anusha Samaranayake with the main suspect Gayan Vishwajith who had approached several national players for the alleged illegal activities of match-fixing,” the statement said.
“Pursuant to a preliminary inquiry conducted in this regard, Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to suspend Anusha Samaranayake for a period of two months until further investigations are concluded.”
The police Financial Crimes Investigation Department has already recorded statements from wicketkeeper Kusal Perera and star bowler Rangana Herath about an alleged offer of tens of thousands of dollars in return for a batting collapse.