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Sir Lankan cricket is under the microscope after it emerged that members of Sri Lanka's women's cricket team were forced to perform sexual favours in order to keep their places in the team.

An investigation by the country's sports ministry said on Friday that it had found "shameful" evidence of sexual harassment in a probe that was launched last year following reports a player had been dropped for refusing to have sex with cricketing officials.

A three-member committee, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Nimal Dissanayake, submitted its findings in a report to the sport’s ministry on Wednesday.

“The committee report found evidence of sexual harassment by members of the Sri Lanka cricket women’s management team against several members of the Sri Lanka cricket women’s team,” the ministry said in a statement.

“The (sports) minister intends to take disciplinary actions against those members where evidence has been found.”

Neither the ministry nor the Sri Lankan cricket board have yet given any details of what evidence had been found, which officials were involved, or what kind of action would be taken against the perpetrator.

"It is a shameful incident," Sri Lankan Children's Minister Rosy Senanayake told the AFP news agency.

Sri Lanka's womens cricket team is ranked sixth in the world ODI rankings.