Cricket: Sangakkara challenges match fixing claims

Sri Lanka's World Cup captain Kumar Sangakkara has challenged former skipper Hashan Tillakaratne to prove his recent allegations of rampant match-fixing.

Tillakaratne, who played 83 tests and 200 one-dayers during a 15-year career, claimed last week that Sri Lankan players had been involved in match-fixing since 1992 and added that he was prepared to name some of them.

Sangakkara, captain of the Deccan Chargers franchise in the Indian Premier League, says Tillakaratne should work with the International Cricket Council if there us any basis to his allegations.

- NEWSTALK ZB