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Cricket's anti-corruption unit on alert for match-fixing ahead of England's Test series with Sri Lanka with selector Sanath Jayasuriya returning from a two-year ban for failing to co-operate with officials

Cricket's anti-corruption unit is on alert for match-fixing approaches ahead of England’s upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka, Sportsmail can reveal.

It follows an International Cricket Council probe into corruption at last month’s Sri Lanka Premier League in which two people are being investigated.

The country’s image has been tarred in recent years, with former star Sanath Jayasuriya banned for two years in 2019 for failing to co-operate with officials.

Cricket's anti-corruption unit is on alert for match-fixing approaches ahead of Englandu2019s upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka

The head of ICC’s anti-corruption unit Alex Marshall told Sportsmail: ‘You could never say any cricket match is guaranteed to be clean.