He went for nought for 92 off 10 overs, fourth on the all-time worst one-day bowling-figure list behind New Zealand's Martin Snedden, and Sri Lanka pair Ashantha De Mel and Sanath Jayasuriya.

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"They were quite impressed with the measures we have already taken and that is why they decided to reduce surcharge, " Ronnie de Mel, Sri Lanka's shipping minister, told the BBC's World Business Report.

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