DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Former West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels was handed a ban from all cricket for six years on November 11 after he was discovered responsible of anti-corruption code violations associated to the Abu Dhabi Ten10 event 4 years in the past.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC), the game’s world governing physique, confirmed on Thursday that it charged the 42-year-old Jamaican – of their capability because the designated anti-corruption official – on 4 counts in September 2021 of violating the anti-corruption code of the Emirates Cricket Board.
After a listening to in August this yr, An impartial tribunal discovered him responsible of 1 cost by majority resolution and responsible of three different offenses by unanimous resolution.
“Samuels performed worldwide cricket for near twenty years, throughout which he participated in quite a few anti-corruption classes and knew precisely what his obligations had been underneath the anti-corruption codes,” Alex Marshall, who heads up the ICC human assets and integrity unit, stated in a information launch.
“Although he’s retired now, Mr. Samuels participated when the offenses had been dedicated. The six-year ban will likely be a robust deterrent to any participant who intends to interrupt the foundations.”
Earlier this yr, a majority of three-member listening to panel agreed that Samuels was responsible of failing to reveal the receipt of any present, fee, hospitality, or different profit that might carry him or the game into disrepute.
The panel returned a unanimous resolution that he was responsible of failing to reveal receipt of hospitality with a worth of U.S. $750 or extra, failing to cooperate with the investigation, and obstructing or delaying the investigation by concealing data that will have been related.
Samuels, who scored 3 917 runs in 71 Checks, 5 606 runs in 207 One-day Internationals, and 1 611 runs in 67 Twenty20 Internationals, was beforehand banned for 2 years after being discovered responsible of “receiving cash, or profit or different reward that might carry him or the sport of cricket into disrepute” in Could 2008.
He final performed for the West Indies in an ODI in opposition to hosts Bangladesh 5 years in the past and introduced his retirement from all skilled cricket two years later.
Samuels high scored for West Indies within the T20I World Cup finals of 2012 and 2016, main the Caribbean facet to the titles.
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