Sri Lanka probes bid to fix West Indies Test
Sri Lankan authorities are investigating a bid to persuade members of the national cricket team to under-perform in a recent Test to ensure a surprise victory for the West Indies, the sports minister said Friday.
Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said a man linked to a bookmaker had approached wicketkeeper Kusal Perera and star bowler Rangana Herath to engineer a Sri Lankan batting collapse at a Test in Galle in October, which Sri Lanka went on to win.
"We have started a police inquiry in addition to an anti-corruption probe by Sri Lanka Cricket," Jayasekera told AFP.