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Message: <blockquote data-quote="urasika" data-source="post: 9549393" data-attributes="member: 59647">             Sri Lanka deny match-fixing allegations                             Thursday, 03 March 2011 10:03        Sri  Lanka cricket, the controlling body of Cricket in Sri Lanka denied the  allegations of match-fixing made against two of its players in their  World Cup defeat to Pakistan.Sri Lanka, one of the favourites to win the tournament, fell short ofPakistan's total of 277-7 by 11 runs on last Saturday, leavingthousands at a packed R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo devastated.“It is with deep regret that we note that a leading television channelin a special programme, has stated that Sri Lanka has lost againstPakistan due to two of our leading players not getting runs in thatgame,” Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.“Further, they added that the two players had failed intentionally,thereby implying that our players might have been involved inmatch-fixing,” said SLC.Sri Lanka cricket in its statement has condemned actions of thepresenter of the said program carrying a story that is baseless andthereby demoralizing the players during the ongoing World Cup.The government well ahead of the World Cup series had instructed themedia not to act in a manner that would jeopardize the gameNews.lk</blockquote>

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