Nuwan Zoysa Found Guilty Of Three Charges Under ICC Anti-Corruption Code Of Conduct

Former Sri Lankan left-arm pacer, Nuwan Zoysa, has been found guilty of three offenses under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code by an independent tribunal, the apex-cricketing body said on Thursday, November 19.

Zoysa, who is already serving sanctions imposed by the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit two years ago, came under the scanner following his stint as the bowling coach of Team Sri Lanka in a T10 competition organized in the United Arab Emirates back in 2017.

Following are three articles of the ICC Code of Conduct under which Nuwan Zoysa has been charged.

• Article 2.1.1 “for being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or another aspect (s) of a match.”
• Article 2.1.4, which deals with “directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.”
• Article 2.4.4 involves “failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code.”

“Zoysa has also been charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) with breaching four counts of the ECB anti-corruption code for participants for the T10 League and these proceedings are ongoing,” the ICC said via a press-release.

Nuwan Zoysa represented Sri Lanka in 30 Tests and 95 One-day Internationals, claiming 64 and 108 wickets respectively. In 2015, he was appointed as the national sides’ bowling coach. Zoysa has also been charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board [ECB] for breaching four counts of the latters Anti-Corruption Code. The proceeding for the same is currently in progress.

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