Match-fixers fired, name for criminal probe after Al Jazeera movie

Sri Lanka’s sports minister has urged the nation’s cricket board to give up the inquiry into Al Jazeera’s pitch-fixing allegations to laws enforcement authorities. 

The trudge follows the Sri Lanka board’s decision to suspend a participant and assistant supervisor exposed in Al Jazeera’s investigation broadcast on Sunday.

The board reported the two men to the Felony Investigations Division and sports minister Faiszer Musthapha said the inquiry ought to be taken over by laws enforcement.

Musthapha said he used to be « saddened and dismayed » by the Al Jazeera documentary, Cricket’s Match-Fixers and pledged to « rid cricket and all varied sports of corruption ». 

Sri Lanka’s cricket board has suspended a participant and an abundant exposed in Al Jazeera’s investigation into match-fixing. 

The board has reported the two men to the Felony Investigations Division, as the fallout from the documentary Cricket’s Match-Fixers continues.

The two men suspended are Tharanga Indika, a curator and assistant supervisor at Galle World Stadium, and Tharindu Mendis, a talented cricketer.

Both bag been secretly filmed by an undercover reporter from Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit. They said they’d mounted two Test suits and bag been planning to repair a third later this 300 and sixty five days.

Sri Lankan groundsman Tharanga Indika, correct, used to be reportedly paid around $Forty,000 for doctoring the pitch to be obvious obvious outcomes [Al Jazeera]

The World Cricket Council (ICC), world cricket’s governing body, has launched an investigation into the entire allegations of match-fixing within the Al Jazeera documentary.

The ICC says it is taking the allegations « very seriously ».

Alex Marshall, the head of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit, said it is working with investigators « from all member international locations identified within the programme ».

Cricket’s Match-Fixers used to be launched on Sunday and continues to effect headline news across the enviornment.

England, Australia gamers accused

The documentary contains allegations that three England gamers implemented region-fixes for the duration of a Test match in India in December 2016.

The England and Wales Cricket Board said it had spoken to the England gamers, who « emphatically mutter the allegations ».

England Test captain Joe Root and coach Trevor Bayliss said the allegations bag been « terrible », though every said they’d now not viewed the documentary.

Bayliss told the BBC: « We are going to precise leave that up to the ECB to take care of. »

The ECB and Cricket Australia said they’d cooperate fully with the ICC investigation.

Cricket Australia’s chief executive James Sutherland says he’s unaware of any proof that his gamers are concerned about match-fixing [Getty Images]

The documentary additionally contains allegations that two unnamed Australian gamers bag been concerned about region-fixing.

Cricket Australia’s chief executive, James Sutherland, said he used to be now not mindful about any « credible proof » linking Australian gamers to corruption.

Australia’s captain Tim Paine added: « At this stage, or now not it is unsubstantiated claims. We’re confident that none of our guys are concerned about it. » 

Investigations launched

Al Jazeera highlighted allegations of match-fixing in four Test suits – the highest diploma of the enviornment game.

Two of them, at Chennai and Ranchi, concerned allegations of region-fixing in video games in India appealing England and Australia.

The assorted two centred on proof that the pitch at Galle had been doctored to manipulate the outcomes.

The documentary additionally printed that criminals bag been planning to repair any other Test match at Galle, later this 300 and sixty five days.

The Sri Lanka allegations bag raised questions about future Test suits there. 

England are due in Sri Lanka from October 10 to November 27. The two aspects are scheduled to play a Test match at Galle on November 6-10.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said it would discover ICC guidelines on anti-corruption operations for forthcoming excursions.

The Pakistan Cricket Board said it used to be investigating « the alleged involvement in corrupt conduct » of one among its gamers.

Hasan Raza, the broken-down Pakistan well-known person, is shown within the documentary agreeing to take part in a corrupt cricket match space up purely for match-fixing.

Raza has declined to acknowledge to a request for comment from Al Jazeera however has since denied any connection with match-fixing.

The documentary has got intensive media protection all the plot thru the enviornment, in conjunction with within the UK, Australia, Contemporary Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Cricket’s Match-Fixers is obtainable to explore on-line and will even be viewed on Al Jazeera on the next times: