Condon to focus on Lanka players

International Cricket Council anti-corruption chief Sir Paul Condon will be in Sri Lanka this weekend to discuss allegations of match-fixing against the country's players.

The sport's governing body said in a statement on Friday that Condon, along with two members of its anti-corruption unit, would spend three days in Sri Lanka, meeting cricket officials, ministers and players.

It added: "The ACU team will be focusing on allegations made against Sri Lankan players... into cricket malpractice."

Those allegations were made during a probe by India's federal police, the Central Bureau of Investigation, last year.

Their findings rocked the sport, leading to three former national captains -- South Africa's Hansie Cronje, India's Mohammad Azharuddin and Pakistan's Salim Malik -- being banned for life over their links with bookmakers.

Condon, a former head of London's Metropolitan police, said: "The CBI report has been a major step forward in the fight against corruption in cricket.

"A significant part of our investigation has been to follow up allegations in areas over which the CBI has no jurisdiction -- namely the non-Indian players."

Mail Cricket Editor