Former West Indies batter Marlon Samuels has been found guilty of four anti-corruption offences by an independent tribunal.
Samuels was charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in September 2021 with breaching Emirates Cricket Board anti-corruption rules during his involvement in the Abu Dhabi T10 two years earlier.
The tribunal will decide on a sanction for the 42-year-old Jamaican, who was the player of the match in the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup finals, top-scoring in both to lead the West Indies to the titles.
According to the ICC, Samuels was found guilty of failing to disclose the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit “that could bring the participant or the sport of cricket into disrepute”.
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He was also found to have not declared a receipt of hospitality with a value of US$750 or more, as well as a failure to co-operate, including obstructing or delaying, an anti-corruption investigation into his behaviour.
Marlon Samuels. (Photo by Simon Cooper/PA Images via Getty Images)
Samuels made 345 appearances for the Windies in all formats from 2000 to 2018, amassing 11,134 runs, before announcing his retirement in November 2020.
His career had plenty of controversies, most notably when he was banned from playing for two years between 2008 and 2010 by the ICC for “receiving money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute”.
He also had long-running spats with current England Test captain Ben Stokes and the late Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne.
Drac
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You must be composing jingles for the Barmy Army as a hobby? Stick with it as you may improve enough for them to use one
Polymath
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‘Mark Waugh is an Aussie, He wears a baggie cap, And when he saw the bookies cash, He said: “I’m having that”.’
BigGordon
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My missus wanted me to buy her a bottle of that a few years ago but I told her if she drank it, she'd glow in the dark! I got away with that for a few weeks till one of her friends told her what was really in there.
BigGordon
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:crying:
Don Freo
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That's the price of a cappuccino in Perth!
Dwanye
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Some off that brand that has gold flakes in it maybe. Lol. Don’t know the cost but gold flakes in a drink!!!!! Lol
Drac
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Still nothing on Ashes ball tampering via dodgy replacements?
BigGordon
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Must have come from an expensive bottle Don. He's only in trouble if it's worth more than USD$750!
Don Freo
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Marlon got a free whiskey at the bar; How can I trust this "gentleman's game" ever again?
BigGordon
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Presumably we'll never know what "gift, payment, hospitality" Samuels received, who gave it to him and how that "could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute”.