Former Sri Lanka cricketer Saliya Saman has been banned from all cricket for 5 years by the ICC after being discovered responsible of trying to repair matches through the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 whereas linked to the Pune Devils franchise. The ban is backdated to Sept 2023.
Former Sri Lankan home all-rounder Saliya Saman has been banned from all types of cricket for 5 years following a ruling by an unbiased anti-corruption tribunal. The sanction, handed down after Saman was discovered responsible of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) anti-corruption code, which is backdated to September 13, 2023, the date of his provisional suspension.
The fees stem from Saman’s involvement in corrupt approaches through the 2021 version of the Abu Dhabi T10 League, the place he was related to the now-defunct Pune Devils franchise. He was amongst eight people charged in reference to the case, together with Bangladesh’s Nasir Hossain, who acquired a two-year ban earlier this 12 months.
What are the three key offences Saman was discovered responsible of?
2.1.1 – Being celebration to an try to repair, contrive or affect improperly matches or facets of matches within the Abu Dhabi T10 2021.
2.1.3 – Providing a Reward to a different Participant in change for that participant partaking in Corrupt Conduct beneath the Code.
2.1.4 – Immediately or not directly soliciting, inducing, attractive, instructing, persuading, encouraging or deliberately facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.
Based on the tribunal’s findings, Saman tried to recruit a participant for the Pune Devils with the promise of match time in change for pre-agreed actions in not less than two fixtures, actions falling beneath the scope of match-fixing. The judgment was delivered by a three-member panel comprising Harish Salve KC (Chairman), Nigel Peters KC, and Justice Zak Yacoob. The panel concluded that Saman’s actions have been deliberate and geared toward manipulating the integrity of the competitors.
Notably, Saman was a seasoned campaigner in Sri Lankan home cricket, that includes in over 100 first-class matches, 77 Record A video games, and 47 T20s. His final aggressive look got here within the SLC Twenty20 Event in March 2021.