Sachithra Senanayake granted bail 

• Match-fixing allegations  

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake, arrested and remanded over match-fixing allegations, was granted bail by the Colombo Chief Magistrates Court yesterday.

The 38-year-old former off-spinner was arrested earlier this month (6 September) after surrendering to the Special Investigation Unit of the Sports Ministry.

He is accused of trying to fix matches during the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in 2020. It is alleged that Senanayake had approached two cricketers in the first edition of the LPL in 2020 via telephone from Dubai to fix matches.

He was brought before the Government Analyst Department on 13 September for a voice test related to the audio tape received in connection to the match-fixing allegations. He was later remanded until yesterday. The former off-spinner who represented Sri Lanka in one Test, 49 ODIs and 24 T20Is between 2012 and 2016 has denied all the allegations, claiming them as baseless charges aimed at defaming him and his family.