There are attempts to silence me: Hashan Thilakarathne about Match fixing
By Muditha Gamage in Colombo
Colombo, 04 May, (Asiantribune.com):
Sri Lankan former test cricket captain Hashan Thilakarathne said yesterday that despite the attempts to silence him, he will go ahead and reveal the names involved in match fixing.
“I love Sri Lanka cricket .There are attempts to silence me. Due to legal advice, I cannot reveal the names right now, but I will reveal the names of those involved in match fixing at the right time, if necessary even to the ICC,” he said at the Western Provincial Council. He is also an opposition United National Party member of the said council.
He said due to his security purpose he has waited for nearly two decades to make these allegations
He has also distributed several documents to the media regarding several other allegations especially against the Cricket administrators.
History of the Sri Lanka’s Match fixing investigations
During the Hashan Thilakarathne’s captaincy, Sri Lanka former skipper and now batting coach Marvan Atapattu has been cleared by the ICC of match-fixing charges leveled against him during year 2004 England tour due to "insufficient evidence".
Then, Sri Lanka cricket Board said the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed dropping the case involving the discovery of 1.1 million rupees in cash in the hotel room of Atapattu during England's tour of Sri Lanka in December 2004.
Sri Lanka's former captains Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva also cleared of match-fixing charges in a report from the International Cricket Council's Central Bureau of Investigation in year 2001. The Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta had claimed that Ranatunga, then the Sri Lankan captain, had agreed to play badly in the Test against India at Lucknow in 1994 and De Silva had received £10,000 after the game.
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- Asian Tribune
Comments
Truth should come out
It is not sensationalism we want now but information that can be substantiated. If Hashan Tillekeratne cannot produce such information, he should never have made his allegations. If he is worried about his security then, he cannot be more assured now as whoever he is going to accuse is still around. Irrespective of how big some names are and irrespective of the power of those backing anyone who actually engaged in match fixing, names of cricketers who did match fixing must come out. Tillekeratne knew the risks he was taking when he made his allegations. However, just making allegations is as bad as the Darusman panel making unsubstantiated allegations. Both will damage Sri Lanka's reputation.