Former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from all cricket for eight years after he was found guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code by an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal.
The ban is backdated to April 3, 2019, when he was provisionally suspended, the International Cricket Council said in a statement.
He has been found guilty of three charges of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. He was charged under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in November 2019 but exercised his right to a hearing.
The three-member tribunal also found him guilty of the charges. The three charges against him are:
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 other aspect (s) of a match.
Article 2.1.4 – Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.
Article 2.4.4 – Failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code.
“Mr Lokuhettige has also been charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) with breaching three counts of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code for Participants for the T10 League and these proceedings are ongoing,” the ICC added.
“Having represented Sri Lanka in international cricket, Dilhara had attended a number of anti-corruption education sessions and would have known his actions were a breach of the Code,” head of ICC’s integrity unit, Alex Marshall, said.
Surjitt Sahani
