'Have Provided More Information To ICC ACU Chairman On 2011 World Cup Final', Says Ex-Sri Lanka Sports Minister

Protests were held against the "continuous harassment of Kumar Sangakkara and other cricketers over unsubstantiated match-fixing allegations" on the day the skipper was interrogated for more than 10 hours

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Colombo: Former Sri Lanka Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said he has provided ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chairman Alex Marshall with more evidence on his claim that the 2011 World Cup final, played between India and Sri Lanka was fixed.

"General Manager of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit, Alex Marshall sent me an e-mail. I have provided more information to him in this regard and I will continue to do so," Aluthgamage told reporters according to Sri Lankan news outlet News First.

"The International Cricket Council will investigate this. Please do not politicize this. The ones who are connected to fixing the 2011 Cricket World Cup are now spending huge amounts of money to cover this. I request the Ministry of Sports and the Sri Lanka Cricket Council to support the ICC investigation."

Aluthgamage also questioned the conditions on the basis of which the SIU did the investigation.

"I do not know based on what conditions did the Special Investigation Unit on Prevention of Offenses Relating to Sports', summoned Sri Lanka Cricket captain, former captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena?" he said.

"When Kumar Sangakkara was summoned to record a statement on the match-fixing claims, his attorneys-at-law had informed the Special Investigation Unit on Prevention of Offenses Relating to Sports' that cricket players were not liable to provide statements regarding this, as the act was not valid for the claim."

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