Former Sri Lanka Test participant Avishka Gunawardene has been cleared of match-fixing prices by an unbiased tribunal, cricket’s world governing physique introduced Monday. The unbiased anti-corruption tribunal additionally dismissed three out of 4 prices made towards one other former Sri Lankan worldwide, Nuwan Zoysa, who was final month banned from cricket for six years. Both gamers had been accused of making an attempt to repair matches in a T10 match within the United Arab Emirates in 2017.
An International Cricket Council (ICC) assertion stated the tribunal had “unanimously” cleared Gunawardene, 43, who performed six Tests and 61 one-day internationals for Sri Lanka.
The ICC stated Gunawardene, who went on to develop into a Sri Lanka A coach, was free to take up cricket actions once more.
Gunawardene had been accused of “facilitating” match-fixing and failing to reveal approaches to the ICC’s anti-corruption unit.
The ICC declined to make another touch upon the case.
Zoysa, 42, who was a bowling coach after his profession of 30 Tests and 95 one-day internationals, was cleared of three out of the 4 prices towards him, however his six-year ban will proceed, the ICC stated.
He has been cleared of straight being a celebration to corruption, influencing others and failing to reveal full particulars of an method to repair a match, however the cost of failing to cooperate with investigators stands.
Last month, one other former Sri Lanka quick bowler, Dilhara Lokuhettige, was banned for eight years for making an attempt to repair the identical T10 match in 2017.
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Sri Lanka launched a legislation towards match-fixing in 2019 after then-sports minister Harin Fernando declared that the ICC thought of it the world’s most corrupt cricket nation.
Former Sri Lanka skipper Sanath Jayasuriya was banned for 2 years in October 2018 for failing to cooperate with a match-fixing inquiry.
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