Agni Gundem Lanti Pooku (Telugu Pachi boothu Kathalu)

Sri Lankan police questioned Angelo Mathews on Tuesday (January 19), as part of investigations into an attempt to bribe players to under-perform in a Test match against the West Indies. Mathews said the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) recorded a statement about what he knew of an approach made to two Sri Lankan players to arrange a shock defeat at the hands of the West Indies at Galle last October.

"This is about a player approach, no investigation against any of the cricketers," Mathews said, after spending over five hours at the FCID office in Colombo.

Two players were said to have refused the offer of around $70,000 and Sri Lanka beat the tourists by an innings and six runs after Rangana Herath took 10 wickets. Mathews said that it was the players themselves who had reported the approach. However, the police investigation was launched after Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera lodged a formal complaint.

On Monday, the Sri Lanka cricket board suspended Anusha Samaranayake, the fast bowling coach, for two months and sacked a part-time employee, net bowler Gayan Vishwajith, for their alleged roles in trying to bribe players. The FCID has already recorded statements from Kusal Perera and Herath over the incident.

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