Colombo: Sri Lankan cricketers have been granted a 15-day amnesty to report previously undisclosed information relating to corruption in the sport.
The amnesty will apply to all participants under both the ICC and Sri Lankan Cricket anti-corruption codes who have previously failed to report information relating to wrongdoing.
Sanath Jayasuriya refused to co-operate with an ICC corruption probe.Credit:AP
"Allowing retrospective reporting of alleged approaches to engage in corrupt conduct will assist in our ongoing and wide-ranging investigations, as well as enabling us to continue to develop a comprehensive picture of the situation there."
Following a meeting in Dubai last month, Sri Lanka's sports minister Harin Fernando said the ICC had ranked the country's cricket administration "corrupt from top to bottom".
Former captain and selector Sanath Jayasuriya was charged in October by the ICC for refusing to co-operate with ICC's anti-corruption unit.
He denied any wrongdoing.
Former Sri Lankan bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige was charged last year for violating the anti-corruption code relating to a 10-over league in the United Arab Emirates, while the country's former paceman and bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa was provisionally suspended by SLC over match-fixing accusations.
Neither Lokuhettige nor Zoysa has responded publicly to the charges against them.
Reuters
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