Sri Lanka's team management has expressed concerns over footage that it believes shows Peter Siddle tampering with the ball in Sri Lanka's first innings.
Management believes broadcast cameras may have captured Siddle using his
fingernails to raise the seam of the ball in the 88th over of Sri
Lanka's innings, while bowling to Prasanna Jayawardene.
Sri Lanka team manager Charith Senanayake said their suspicions had been
raised in the dressing room as they received the video-feed in real
time, in the second session on day three.
"We have the footage with us," Senanayake said. "We recorded the game
and it's there for everybody to see. We saw something illegal and have
reacted to that."
Sri Lanka are yet to make an official complaint to match referee Chris
Broad but Senanayake says he has flagged the issue with Broad.
"I have spoke to the match referee informally," he said. "It's up to
them to act now, but we will have to pursue it further if nothing
happens."
Senanayake has also drawn attention to another incident much earlier in
the innings. He said the team had noticed tampering soon after Dimuth
Karunaratne's dismissal in the 10th over.
"It didn't just happen in the 88th over, it also happened at the
beginning of the innings when our first opener got out ... they were
picking the seam," Senanayake told News Ltd.
"I went straight into [Broad's] room when the match was over and asked
him if he is watching the same game I am watching. [He] said, 'Yes, we
have seen it' and I left it at that."
The ICC has issued a statement acknowledging Broad is aware of the situation.
"ICC match referee Chris Broad is aware of the media reports coming out
of Sri Lanka on the ball issue," an official release said. "The Sri
Lanka team has made no official complaint about the ball."
Siddle took 5 for 54 runs in Sri Lanka's first innings, helping secure a
114-run first-innings lead for Australia. Changing the condition of the
ball is a level two offense according to the ICC Code of Conduct.
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