Former Sri Lanka Bowler Nuwan Zoysa banned for six years for breaching ICC anti-corruption code

Former Sri Lanka Bowler Nuwan Zoysa banned for six years for breaching ICC anti-corruption code

• The former Sri Lanka cricketer and coach Nuwan Zoysa has been banned from all cricket for six years by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
• The ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code related to the following:
  • Article 2.1.1 “for being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspect(s) of a match.”
  • Article 2.1.4, which involves “directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.”
  • Article 2.4.4 which deals with “failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code.”
• The ICC has backdated the ban for Zoysa to October 31, 2018, when he was provisionally suspended.