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Sri Lanka’s left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama has been banned from all types of cricket for a 12 months, of which “six months shall be suspended,” as per the ICC. The ban was imposed on Jayawickrama after he admitted breaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. Jayawickrama admitted to being in breach of Article 2.4.7 of the Code, which offers with: “Obstructing or delaying any investigation which may be carried out by the ACU, together with concealing, tampering with, or destroying any documentation or different data which may be related to that investigation and/or which may be proof or might result in the invention of proof of corrupt conduct below the Anti-Corruption Code.”
Jayawickrama final represented Sri Lanka in 2022. He has featured for the Island nation in 5 Tests, 5 ODIs, and 5 T20Is, with a complete of 32 worldwide wickets to his title throughout these 15 matches, the ICC stated.
The fees relate to worldwide cricket and the Lanka Premier League. The ICC, in settlement with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), acted in accordance with Articles 1.7.4.1 and 1.8.1 of the Anti-Corruption Code.
The ICC Anti-Corruption Code and the whole determination (which has been redacted to guard the identities of the ICC’s witnesses and different third events) could be discovered on the official ICC web site.
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