De Silva answered questions from the ICC

"The said allegations are so patently ridiculous and manifestly unworthy of consideration that I should have thought that the BCCSL (Sri Lanka cricket board) or any person of sound mind possessed of even an iota of sense of justice would have rejected them with the contempt they deserve."

Ranatunga added: "The very fact that I have been called upon to make observations on the allegations...is a grave insult to me which I resent and which has caused me considerable sadness and pain of mind."

Kalinga Indatissa, Ranatunga's lawyer, said his client freely answered questions put to him by Fernando, but declined to co-operate with the ICC when they met on Wednesday.

"We strongly protested and said that we had come for only one inquiry, and that was by Fernando," Indatissa told The Associated Press.

"We pointed out that the ICC had not written to Ranatunga up to date with information on specific allegations against him," he said.

"Neither has the ICC informed Ranatunga the nature of the charges, if at all, against him or the parameters of their inquiry and its objective."

Allegations refuted

Indatissa said Ranatunga was prepared to answer questions if the ICC sent them the charges.

He said Ranatunga was not running from the inquiry, but wanted notification of what he was charged with before agreeing to be quizzed.

The ICC officials sat through Ranatunga's questioning by the Sri Lankan officer.

The ICC investigators questioned Ranatunga's team-mate Aravinda de Silva, on Tuesday.

Ranatunga and De Silva are accused of accepting money from an Indian bookmaker to lose a 1994 match against India.

Both have denied the charges.