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Former Sri Lanka quick bowler Nuwan Zoysa on Friday accused the International Cricket Council of asserting that he had been discovered responsible of match corruption with out telling him first. The world physique mentioned Thursday that an anti-corruption tribunal had discovered him responsible of three offences and that he would stay suspended till a punishment is introduced. The 42-year-old, additionally a former bowling coach to the nationwide aspect, was accused of agreeing to introduce gamers to an Indian nationwide to rearrange match-fixing at a event within the United Arab Emirates, in accordance with his lawyer, Chrishmal Warnasuriya.
He had already been suspended since an investigation was launched in 2018.
Zoysa instructed reporters at his lawyer’s workplace that he had but to learn of the tribunal’s verdict when usually it needed to give a call inside 30 days of the top of hearings.
“It was a shock,” he mentioned of the ICC assertion launched Thursday.
“It is a fallacious and cheap gimmick by the ICC to perform such an act intentionally to tarnish my reputation and the reputation of my beloved country.”
Zoysa had been charged with “being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspect of a match.”
Four counts beneath the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-corruption code within the Gulf nation’s T10 League are nonetheless being handled, in accordance with the ICC.
It has insisted that Zoysa was knowledgeable according to common apply and that the total judgement might be printed when the tribunal confirms the sanction.
Zoysa’s lawyer, Warnasuriya mentioned the ICC had been on a “witch hunt” in opposition to Sri Lanka and that 5 different gamers had been beneath investigation.
Sri Lanka launched a regulation in opposition to match-fixing final 12 months after then-sports minister Harin Fernando declared that the ICC thought-about Sri Lanka the world’s most corrupt cricket nation.
“The ACU questioned Nuwan in English, a language he is not comfortable with, and did not allow him to speak in Sinhala. They wanted him to frame other players,” Warnasuriya mentioned.
“After getting legal advice, Nuwan refused to implicate other players and that is when the ACU started going against him. There is a witch hunt against our players.”
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Zoysa, who performed in 30 Tests and 95 One-day Internationals earlier than retiring in 2007, mentioned he had been jobless since his suspension in October 2018.
Sri Lanka’s former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya was banned for 2 years in October 2018 for failing to cooperate with a match-fixing inquiry.
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