Dubai: ICC on Thursday forbade two UAE players Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed for eight years after they were found guilty of trying to improve the T20 World Cup qualifying round match in their country, colluding with an Indian bookie.
While the Anti-Corruption Court ICC has accused the Cricketers born in Pakistan on September 13, 2020, the quantum of the punishment that his goal was passed on on that day.
“The ban was toast until September 13, 2020, when they were suspended temporarily for corrupt behavior in connection with the 2019 T20 ICC World Cup qualifier in the UAE,” the ICC release said.
The two Cricketers have taken 15,000 AEDs (United Arab Emirates Dirham with a total of around USD 4083) from an Indian book dealer, identified as Mr ‘Y’ on the ICC content sheet to repair a qualified round game.
Hayat is Pacer while Ahmed is Batsman.
In accordance with the anti-corruption code ICC, the DUO has been charged to five counts that cover the failure to reveal a corrupt approach, trying to influence the results of the match, and receive a prize worth more than USD 750.
“In October 2019, ICC ACU began an investigation of the suspicion The Senior UAE International Team may have dealt with a network of corruption known to be controlled by an Indian man named [Mr.
Y], “Detailed ICC court stated” Steven Richardson, Investigating the ICC Coordinator of ACU), testify that ACU knows [Mr Y] for some time Because he has been reported to have approached a number of players (both directly or through third parties) to make them involved in corruption in cricket.
“ACU is also aware that [Mr.
Y] has been involved in an unsecured cricket tournament that has a corruption and betting relationship, “He was declared further.
Judgment also mentioned that Hayat and Ahmed had attended Four and three anti-co educational sessions Rupati organized by ICC.
Also it is also thought that there is a message WhatsApp distributed between two players and Indian corruptors but the meeting scheduled for a certain date does not occur.
“The UAE will participate in the Qualification of the ICC World T20 in the UAE in October 2019 and it is suspected that players understand that this payment from AED 15,000 anticipates their involvement in corrupt behavior during qualifications, with what is expected of them to be provided later,” ICC , “The message WhatsApp between the players suggested that the players and [Mr.
Y] tried to arrange a meeting on September 7, 2019, where, it would be concluded, details about what they would do in qualifications would be given to them.
The players said that this meeting was actually It doesn’t happen.
“Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager – Unit Integrity, said:” Amir and Ashfaq have played cricket for a long time to understand the threat of the match fixer.
” Two UAE players attended several ICC’s anti-corruption education sessions, and knew how to avoid being involved in corrupt activities.
Their long prohibition must function as a warning to others.
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