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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kmc madushan" data-source="post: 19444032" data-attributes="member: 341750">Sri Lanka probes bid to fix West Indies TestSri Lankan authorities are investigating a bid to bribe members of the national cricket team to under-perform in a recent Test to ensure a surprise victory for the West Indies, thegovernment said on Friday. Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said a man linked to a bookmakerhad offered Kusal Perera and Herath tens of thousands of dollars to engineer a Sri Lankan batting collapse at a Test in Galle in October, which the hosts went on to win emphatically."They wanted Sri Lanka to get out early for a very low score. This is a match Sri Lanka was expected to win, but if they lost, the bookie would have made a lot of money," Jayasekera told AFP."After Kusal turned down the offer, the man approached Herath who also rejected the offer and alerted the authorities," he said.</blockquote>

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