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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rcb0367" data-source="post: 8249928" data-attributes="member: 278135">English newspaper identifies Tillakaratne Dilshan as the player who 'met bookie in a nightclub'English newspaper Daily Mail today identified Tillakaratne Dilshan as the player who met bookies in a nightclub during the Twenty20 World Cup in England .Another English newspaper The Guardian reported the incident last week but did not name the player, only mentioning that he is a top Sri Lanka player.Following is the Daily Mail report published today under the headline Tillakaratne Dilshan 'met bookie in a nightclub';Batting maverick Tillakaratne Dilshan was the player named in a Sri Lankan cricket board report to the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit last year after he was allegedly spotted with a suspected illegal bookmaker in a London nightclub.The report was filed by the Sri Lankan team manager after captain Kumar Sangakkara passed on suspicions among team-mates that Dilshan had been seen with the bookie during the World Twenty20 tournament in England in June 2009.There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on the part of Dilshan. The Sri Lankans followed the ICC’s protocol to the letter, reporting the alleged incident as soon as it was made known to the team management.But, with a cloud hanging over the sport following allegations of spot-fixing by three Pakistan players in the Lord’s Test against England and the news that seamer Wahab Riaz will be questioned by Scotland Yard detectives on Tuesday, the suspicions raised about another high-profile cricketer will be viewed as a further blow to the game.Dilshan made a name for himself last summer when his ‘Dilscoop’ - in which he shovels the ball over his own head and that of the wicket-keeper - became the iconic image of the World Twenty20 competition and propelled his side to the final, where they lost to Pakistan.The 33-year-old had already become a hero in Sri Lanka for his courageous behaviourduring the attack on his team’s bus by terrorists in Lahore in March 2009.Kent coach Paul Farbrace, who was Sri Lanka’s assistant coach at the time, told Sportsmail earlier this year: ‘He stuck his head up when the bullets were flying around, sat behind the driver and guided him through the parked cars that the attackers had put there to try to stop us escaping.‘I could hear Dilshan shouting, “Go left, go right” - and it was only the fact that thedriver and Dilshan didn’t get shot that enabled us to get away.’Those close to Dilshan said on Thursday he has done nothing wrong. A Sri Lanka team spokesman said: ‘There is no evidence against any of the Sri Lankan players. None of them are guilty. These allegations are being drummed up by unscrupulouselements who are trying to upset Sri Lanka’s plans for the World Cup.'<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" />Source : Dailymirror</blockquote>

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