Pak vs SL test series: PCB says ‘nothing to undertake and do with’ SL match-fixing allegations

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Wednesday that the PCB could not deal with Sri Lanka’s decision to call sport’s international organization officers for search allegations stemming from the Green Shirts’ tour to the island nation earlier this year.

Sri Lanka’s cricket board said it had invited the International Cricket Council (ICC) to analysis match-fixing allegations once opposition leader Nalin Bandara claimed in parliament that the two-test match series, drawn 1-1, had been fixed.

Talking to The News, a politiciandidate from the native cricket board said the PCB could not deal with one issue that was being investigated by Sri Lanka’s Board and neither will it be connected to the host nation’s cricketers.

The SL cricket board has invited Alex Marshall, the ultimate manager of the ICC anti-corruption unit, to analysis opposition leader Nalin Bandara’s allegations.

Based on the newly-discovered allegations, the PCB official denied any contact with the Sri Lankan Board or the ICC.

“No one — neither the ICC nor the Sri Lankan Board — approached us on the recent allegations created by one among the opposition leaders concerning the 1-1 drawn test series between the two countries. So unless and until we tend to face being approached, we are not in a position to say one thing,” a PCB official said.

The official maintained that ICC Anti-Corruption Unit officers forever keep a thorough watch on international matches recently.

“The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit forever keeps a thorough check on all international matches. They were in the country throughout the July month calendar series, nothing happened, and no eyebrow was raised.”

“If the Sri Lanka Board must analyse their players, they are liberated to try this. The PCB has nothing to undertake and do with it as a result of its one issue to do with Sri Lankan cricketers. We tend to entirely react if the Sri Lanka Board or ICC approaches us. Up to currently, there is no such issue,” he added.

‘Immense reputational damage’

The SL board asked Marshall to travel to the state and investigate the accusation, which it said had caused “immense reputational damage”.

Sri Lanka Cricket was committed to the game’s integrity and believed the ICC probe was “the correct course of action to need in light-weight of the recent allegations,” a board statement said.

Corruption allegations and infighting have overrun Sri Lanka’s national cricket team over the years.

Former sports minister Harin Fernando has said the ICC thought of SL as one of the world’s most corrupt nations to a lower place its reach.

One of his predecessors, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, told parliament last year that match-fixing was rife in the country.

The series against Pakistan competed at Galle throughout the height of Sri Lanka’s economic condition this year, which saw months of political unrest, power cuts, and nationwide fuel shortages.