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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7035333" data-attributes="member: 92282">Reports now  circulating the Sri Lanka capital suggest that members of the  International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit (ACU) recently held  investigations in Colombo over charges of malpractice.  So far Sri  Lanka Cricket officials have maintained a wall of silence regarding the  visit that was said to have happened last week. It is said to have  followed a report handed to the ICC several weeks ago detailing the  misconduct of officials and in which players are alleged to have been  involved. Secrecy,  however, surrounds the visit and details of the corruption reports.  Anonymous sources within SLC have, however, confirmed that 'a small team  of ACU members' visited the island nation in relation to Pakistan's  tour of Sri Lanka last year where two games are under scrutiny. The  investigation may also involve a match during Sri Lanka's tour of India.Coming as it  does after Pakistan's tough disciplinary action against Younis Khan,  Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naved and Shahid  Afridi, the charges involving certain Sri Lankan officials and others is  not out of the question, says the source, who stopped short of making  match-fixing allegations.It is known  that the ACU unit met with certain SLC officials before leaving for  India where they are now involved in watching matches at the Indian  Premier League. One of the unit members is Niranjan Virk who heads the  Indian/Sri Lankan ACU operation, whether he was involved in the  investigation is uncertain.  The ACU are said to have a thick dossier  detailing corruption matters involving a number of officials and  players.  Sri Lanka  Cricket has been run since April 2005 by a government appointed ad-hoc  committee known as the Interim Committee with former captain Arjuna  Ranatunga being ushered in as chairman in January 2008 but lasted less  than a year after a controversial term of office.              The sports  ministry ran the board for a three-month period with Gamini Lokuge, the  Minister of Sport as head of the board during which time India played a  series of ODIs in Colombo that also involved a controversial deal with  the television company Nimbus. It is now almost a year since for Test  leg-spinner DS de Silva was appointed as the third interim committee  chairman in five years.~ cricketnext ~</blockquote>

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