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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anjuhiru" data-source="post: 15025732" data-attributes="member: 231567">Lessons for the Sri Lanka Premier League       The spot-fixing  scandal in the IPL has brought into focus the vulnerability of other  domestic Twenty20 leagues, including the Sri Lanka Premier League, and  there are many lessons that the nascent tournament can learn    Andrew Fidel Fernando   May 18, 2013         Text size:    A    | A             The spot-fixing scandal in the IPL has brought into focus the  vulnerability of other domestic Twenty20 leagues, like the Sri Lanka  Premier League (SLPL), to corruption. It has also emphasised the need  for effective anti-corruption measures and education. Last year's  inaugural SLPL was seemingly well-equipped to deal with the threat of  corruption, but when allegations surfaced that a fix was in the works,  the SLPL's response was muddled, and concrete results from the ensuing  investigation were never announced.    The allegations surfaced before the tournament had even begun, when an  unnamed source purported to be close to the tournament's operations  handed over a taped conversation to a local newspaper in the week before  the opening ceremony. The conversation, said to be almost entirely in  Hindi, allegedly had a franchise owner speaking about fixing matches in  the tournament. After having the tape translated, staff at the newspaper  were unwilling to publish the story, and instead handed over the tape  to Sri Lanka Cricket.    On receiving the tape, SLC issued a release stating they had passed it  on to officers of the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU),  who were in Sri Lanka to oversee the tournament. The release said an  investigation was underway, but it was not immediately clear which body  would conduct it.     Upali Dharmadasa, who was the SLC president at the time, was adamant the  ACSU officers were conducting the investigation. The ICC, however,  asserted that because a domestic tournament was the subject of the  alleged corruption, the home board would carry out the investigation,  with the ACSU involved insofar as SLC deemed fit. Confusion ruled the  reactions from officials, and reassurances that the truth about the tape  would be uncovered seemed hollow as a result.    Eventually, the tournament overcame the pall of corruption that clouded  its beginning and the team that was supposedly embroiled in the affair  performed surprisingly well, given their talent pool. The tape was not  officially mentioned either by SLC or the ICC again, but SLPL tournament  director, Ajit Jayasekara told ESPNcricinfo that the whole incident  effectively amounted to a hoax.    "The SLC anti-corruption people conducted their investigation in  coordination with the ICC unit, and they found that the tape wasn't an  authentic one. Everything was done properly," he said on Saturday.    According to Jayasekara, SLC were satisfied with the anti-corruption  measures in last year's tournament, and will not alter its arrangements  for the 2013 tournament. "The ICC anti-corruption unit briefed all the  players and officials before the tournament, and our anti-corruption  unit was constantly involved as well," he said.    Given the ACSU's official involvement and the fact that the SLPL  operates in a minuscule market compared to the IPL, it would appear the  tournament is less susceptible to fixing. However, although the SLPL's  anti-corruption measures are effectively identical to those adopted in  international cricket, a fixing allegation revealed weaknesses in the  authorities' response, and failed to reassure fans that the league was  safe from corruption.    <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /></blockquote>

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