10 Scandals involving Match-Fixing, Spot-Fixing, and Corruption that rocked Cricket
In the past, some players corrupted the game of cricket and faced severe repercussions for their actions.
7. Marlon Samuels' two-year ban in corruption case
Marlon Samuels is an enormous figure in international cricket. His contribution to the West Indies cricket is unprecedented. In the Caribbean team’s T20 title victories in 2012 and 2016, he played a key role. However, the former West Indies stalwart’s career witnessed a lot of controversies.
In 2008, the Jamaican cricketer got banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for two years for allegedly revealing match-related information to a bookmaker during the West Indies tour of India for ODIs in 2007. Samuels’ collusion with the bookie came out with a tape seized by police in which Samuels was heard passing the match information to the bookmaker.
Noting the seriousness of the matter, ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit asked the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to look into the matter. Investigating the case, the WICB (now Cricket West Indies) decided to debar their stalwart from cricket for two years. Accepting the verdict from the WICB, ICC implemented the ban on Samuels for two years.
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