Two Sri Lankan umpires banned after sting

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Sri Lanka Cricket has banned two umpires, Sagara Gallage and Maurice Zilva, who were named in a sting operation last year dealing with illegal payments for influencing first-class matches. A third umpire, Gamini Dissanayake, has been downgraded from the top umpire's panel for a year and issued a "severe warning" by the board CEO. The decisions came after an emergency executive committee meeting in Colombo, where the recommendations of the disciplinary committee's recommendations were endorsed. The sting, broadcast by India TV, claimed to have "exposed" several first-class umpires from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan who were allegedly willing to give decisions favouring players for a fee. In the sting, conducted in July and August 2012, the reporters claimed to belong to a sports management company and promised the umpires officiating assignments in events of all kinds around the world, largely domestic Twenty20 leagues. The hardest hit of the three Sri Lankan umpires was Gallage, who was banned for 10 years from all cricket, while Zilva got a three-year ban. Dissanayake, the third Sri Lankan umpire named in the sting, was the most high-profile of the three, having regularly been the fourth umpire in international matches, though he was yet to be one of the main officials in an international game. The Pakistan and Bangladesh boards have already handed out punishments to their umpires caught in the sting. Bangladesh's Nadir Shah was banned for 10 years by the BCB on corruption charges, and Pakistan's Nadeem Ghauri and Anis Siddiqi have already been slapped with bans.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/649061.html

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BCCI :headshake:

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Sri Lanka women's manager Aroos resigns

Sri Lanka women's team manager ARM Aroos has resigned from all his posts connected to the women's game in the country, following the board's sanctioning of a formal inquiry against him because of a complaint made by captain Shashikala Siriwardene last week, accusing Aroos of extortion. Retired senior superintendent of police, Hemachandra Dias, had conducted a preliminary inquiry into the matter, and recommended that the board conduct a formal inquiry into the allegations, at the SLC's executive committee meeting on Tuesday. The executive committee subsequently appointed a panel to carry out the inquiry, and following that Aroos submitted his resignation. Apart from being team manager, Aroos was also a national women's selector. He also stepped aside from his position as chairman of Sri Lanka's umpires committee, relinquishing that duty until the inquiry is complete. The executive committee appointed Channa Weerakkody as team manager for the upcoming tour of Ireland, and named Srinath Silva the acting chairman of the umpires committee.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/649071.html Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai Bhai Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai :hmmmm2:

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But..but..Lankans are very honest and committed. :dontknow: