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Sri Lanka to thrash out ``chucking'' row in Australia
AFP
24 January 1999
COLOMBO, Jan 24 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Cricket Board, angered by
Australian umpire Ross Emerson calling Muttiah Muralitharan for an
illegal delivery in a match against England, has said it will retain
lawyers to battle the case.
The Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), which had an
emergency meeting here Sunday, empowered its president Thilanga
Sumathipala to seek the services of lawyers, if necessary, to defend
Muralitharan.
``The president is going to Australia on a pre-planned visit today
(Sunday) and he was asked to get the help of lawyers if the need
arose,'' a spokesman for the BCCSL said.
Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga, who was seen pointing a finger at
Emerson during the match in Adelaide on Saturday, is due to face a
disciplinary hearing Monday before South African match referee Peter
Van der Merve, officials here said.
Ranatunga protested umpire Emerson's no-ball call against Muralitharan
for throwing in the one-day international and gestured to his players
to walk off to the dressing room.
The board on Saturday said it would seek advice from the world
governing body of the sport, the International Cricket Council (ICC),
over the controversy.
``The BCCSL is both angered and saddened by what happened and is at
this moment considering what course of action should be adopted,'' the
BCCSL said.
Despite Sri Lankan players leaving the field at Adelaide for 12
minutes on Saturday, they scored a record 303 for nine to win the
against England by one wicket.
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