Former West Indies batter Marlon Samuels has been discovered responsible of 4 anti-corruption offences by an unbiased tribunal.
Samuels was charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in September 2021 with breaching Emirates Cricket Board anti-corruption guidelines throughout his involvement within the Abu Dhabi T10 two years earlier.
The tribunal will resolve on a sanction for the 42-year-old Jamaican, who was the participant of the match within the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup finals, top-scoring in each to steer the West Indies to the titles.
According to the ICC, Samuels was discovered responsible of failing to reveal the receipt of any reward, fee, hospitality or different profit “that could bring the participant or the sport of cricket into disrepute”.
He was additionally discovered to haven’t declared a receipt of hospitality with a price of US$750 or extra, in addition to a failure to co-operate, together with obstructing or delaying, an anti-corruption investigation into his behaviour.
Samuels made 345 appearances for the Windies in all codecs from 2000 to 2018, amassing 11,134 runs, earlier than asserting his retirement in November 2020.
His profession had loads of controversies, most notably when he was banned from taking part in for 2 years between 2008 and 2010 by the ICC for “receiving money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute”.
He additionally had long-running spats with present England Test captain Ben Stokes and the late Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
