SLC to discuss match-fixing allegations tomorrow
May 1, 2011 08:26 pm
Sri Lanka Cricket will discuss remarks made by Former Test Captain Hashan Thilakarathne on Match fixing allegation tomorrow, SLC sources told Ada Derana a short while ago.
Meanwhile Former Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif has backed Hashan Tillakaratne after the ex-Sri Lanka skipper came under fire for claiming that Sri Lanka have been involved in match-fixing for almost two decades.
Latif, who was a whistleblower in the match-fixing scandal involving Pakistan in the 90s, said on Sunday that Tillakaratne knows a lot about the world of match-fixing, adding that he is hoping that a lot of big names would be exposed when he would speak his heart out.
“I know him personally, he told me about this (match-fixing) in the 1993-94 as well. Nobody knows the subcontinent players better then him and if he reveals the facts then a lot of former cricketers from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would be exposed,“ said Latif.
“As far as I know Hashan would honour his commitment and it would be extremely damaging for some ex-players of the subcontinent, but everything will be settled down if a deal struck,“ stressed Latif, a former Test wicketkeeper.
In an interview last week, Tillakaratne admitted that Sri Lanka had been fixing games since 1992.
The left-handed batsman, who played 83 Tests and 200 one-dayers for Sri Lanka during his 15-year career, said he was prepared to back up his allegations by naming some of those involved.
“Match fixing is something which has been in this country over a period of time. This has spread like a cancer today,“ Tillakaratne said. “According to my knowledge, it happened since 1992,“ he had said, Times of India reports.
Meanwhile Former Pakistan cricket captain Rashid Latif has backed Hashan Tillakaratne after the ex-Sri Lanka skipper came under fire for claiming that Sri Lanka have been involved in match-fixing for almost two decades.
Latif, who was a whistleblower in the match-fixing scandal involving Pakistan in the 90s, said on Sunday that Tillakaratne knows a lot about the world of match-fixing, adding that he is hoping that a lot of big names would be exposed when he would speak his heart out.
“I know him personally, he told me about this (match-fixing) in the 1993-94 as well. Nobody knows the subcontinent players better then him and if he reveals the facts then a lot of former cricketers from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would be exposed,“ said Latif.
“As far as I know Hashan would honour his commitment and it would be extremely damaging for some ex-players of the subcontinent, but everything will be settled down if a deal struck,“ stressed Latif, a former Test wicketkeeper.
In an interview last week, Tillakaratne admitted that Sri Lanka had been fixing games since 1992.
The left-handed batsman, who played 83 Tests and 200 one-dayers for Sri Lanka during his 15-year career, said he was prepared to back up his allegations by naming some of those involved.
“Match fixing is something which has been in this country over a period of time. This has spread like a cancer today,“ Tillakaratne said. “According to my knowledge, it happened since 1992,“ he had said, Times of India reports.
