10 Active cricketers who have been involved in big controversies
These players faced bans either from their cricket board or from the ICC.
10. Brendan Taylor
Brendan Taylor has been one of the greatest players to play for Zimbabwe. Despite having a decent and long cricket career, Taylor’s name got involved in one of the most serious controversies cricket has ever seen. His name came in front during investigations of spot-fixing allegations.
He was handed over a three-and-a-half-year ban by ICC for the delay in reporting the spot-fixing approach. He informed through his Twitter handle that he was approached by an Indian businessman in 2019 to fix some games. Taylor admitted that he was given a part payment to spot-fix matches, which according to him, he never did.
In his tweet, he said that he was invited to India on the pretext of discussing sponsorships and the potential launch of a T20 competition in Zimbabwe and was paid USD 15,000 in advance. He claimed that he was forced to intake cocaine and was blackmailed to fix games. He added that “I may be anything but I am not a cheat. My love for the beautiful game of cricket far outweighs and surpasses any threats which could be thrown away.”
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