Sanath banned

from cricket for two years

The former Sri Lanka Cricket Chair of Selectors, Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all cricket for two years after admitting to having breached two counts of the ICC Anti-corruption Code, the ICC said yesterday.

It said he admitted to having breached the following provisions of the Code:

Article 2.4.6 – Failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU, including failure to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU as part of such investigation.

Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the AntiCorruption Code.

As a result of the admissions, he has accepted a sanction of a twoyear period of ineligibility.

Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager – ACU said: “This conviction under the Code demonstrates the importance of participants in cricket cooperating with investigations. Compelling participants to cooperate under the Code is a vital weapon in our efforts to rid our sport of corrupters.

Mr. Jayasuriya’s conviction is the latest part of a much broader ICC ACU investigation into corruption in cricket in Sri Lanka. The ACU recently granted an amnesty in relation to Sri Lankan Cricket resulting in eleven players and other participants coming forward with new information.