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Late in 1998, the international career of Dharmasena, an integral member of the World Cup winning team, looked over when he was reported to ICC with a suspect action and dropped pending remedial work. He was the second Sri Lankan offspinner after Muttiah Muralitharan to have his action queried. But he was also the second to recover: two years later he returned to Tests and one-dayers. He has yet to make a real impact in his second life though: his best effort is a half-century in an unsuccessful rearguard against England at Kandy. His form in domestic cricket did not suffer: he did the 500 runs/35 wickets double in 1998-99 (when he led Bloomfield to the Premier Trophy) and 1999-2000. Simon Wilde

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