Former West Indies allrounder Marlon Samuels has been banned from all cricket for six years for breaching four counts of the ICC’s anti-corruption code while playing in a limited-overs competition in the United Arab Emirates.
The charges against Samuels, who hasn’t played for West Indies since 2018, relate to the T10 League in Abu Dhabi, the International Cricket Council said when the charges were laid in 2021.
Samuels was found guilty in August of failing to disclose “the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit” that could bring him into disrepute, as well as the receipt of hospitality worth US$750 or more.
The ICC also said Samuels failed to co-operate with an anti-corruption official and concealed information that may have been relevant to the investigation.
“Samuels played international cricket for close to two decades, during which he participated in numerous anti-corruption sessions and knew exactly what his obligations were under the Anti-Corruption Codes,” the International Cricket Council’s integrity unit manager, Alex Marshall, said in a statement announcing the sanction on Thursday. “Though he is retired now, Mr. Samuels was a participant when the offenses were committed. The ban of six years will act as a strong deterrent to any participant who intends to break the rules.”
