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    "title": "Sri Lanka's Chamara Silva banned for two years",
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    "excerpt": "Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva was banned from all cricket-related activities for two years in the wake of match-fixing allegations during a Tier-B first class match earlier this year.",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Colombo, Sep 17 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva was banned from all cricket-related activities for two years in the wake of match-fixing allegations during a Tier-B first class match earlier this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announcement came after a seven-month inquiry into events of the third day of the Panadura Cricket Club versus Kalutara Physical Culture Club match played from January 23 to 25.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The SLC had initiated a probe whether the match between two clubs of neighbouring towns was fixed after 24 wickets fell on a day and in 13 overs of play while a run rate of over 10 had been maintained.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after: always\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Silva, who had led Panadura, has been banned for two years from playing, coaching and administrating. He played in 11 Tests and 75 One-Day Internationals (ODI) between 1999 and 2011.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The captain of Kalutara club, Manoj Deshapriyam was also handed the same punishment as that of Silva.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The rest of the players from the two teams and their coaches have been banned for a year. Both clubs will also have to pay a fine of Rs 500,000 each.<\/p>\r\n",
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