Yousef Al Balushi, Oman, ICC
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Oman’s Yousuf Abdulrahim Al Balushi for seven years for indulging in corrupt practice during the 2019 T20 World Cup Qualifier, played in the UAE last month. Al Balushi accepted four charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The charges are all related to the ICC men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers 2019 held in the United Arab Emirates.

The allegations regarding the 29-year-old came in the men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, which was held in the United Arab Emirates in October and November 2019.

This is a very serious offence – ICC

According to an ICC statement, Al Balushi breached Article 2.1.1 of the Anti-Corruption Code — being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive in any way the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of matches.

ICC Hands Oman's Yousuf Abdulrahim Al Balushi Seven-Year Ban
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“This is a very serious offence where a player attempted but failed to get a teammate to engage in corrupt activity in high profile games and this is reflected in the severity of the sentence,” ICC General Manager, Integrity, Alex Marshall said.

“Without Balushi’s admission of guilt and full cooperation throughout our investigation, the ban could have been significantly longer. The player has also indicated that he is willing to contribute to future integrity education programmes on our behalf to help younger players learn from his mistakes,” he added.

Here are the four laws broke by Oman Player:

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Breach of Article 2.1.1 – Being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive in any way the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of matches in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers 2019.

Breach of Article 2.1.4 – Attempting to solicit, induce, entice, persuade, encourage or intentionally facilitate a Participant to breach Article 2.1.

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Breach of Article 2.4.4 – Failing to report the approaches or invitations that you received from three different individuals to be a party to an agreement or effort to fix matches in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers 2019.

Breach of Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying an investigation carried out by the ACU in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code, including by concealing or tampering with information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence of or lead to the discovery of evidence of Corrupt Conduct under the Code.

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