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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10252583" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4h7Ddu34KCU/TZCjqjqn28I/AAAAAAAANCI/f2DS4nWLDho/s400/warushavithana_upul_tharanga.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Sri Lankan left-hand batsman Upul Tharanga failed a random doping  test during the Cricket World Cup, a Colombo newspaper said on Sunday,  though the ICC declined to confirm the report.Tharanga has  already retained a lawyer to defend himself at an upcoming International  Cricket Council inquiry, Sri Lanka's Sunday Times said, quoting unnamed  sources.It said Tharanga has claimed that he was given a steroid  by a faith healer in Colombo who also treated other international  players."There's nothing I can say at this stage," ICC spokesman James Fitzgerald told AFP in an email response to the report.Sri Lanka Cricket, the sport's national governing body, said it was unaware of any failed dope test."We have not been informed of any allegation like this," SLC Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said.Tharanga  opened against England in the World Cup semi-finals and scored an  unbeaten century as Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets. He then played in the  final, where Sri Lanka lost to India.He is not part of the Sri Lankan side currently on tour in England.AFP</blockquote>

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