Star batsman had bookie links
2008-05-12 22:08
Miami - West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels
has been found guilty of breaching regulations after a probe
into allegations of links with a bookmaker, the West Indies
Cricket Board (WICB) said on Monday.
Samuels, 27, could now face a two-year ban from the game if
the International Cricket Council (ICC) enforces a mandatory
ban.
The WICB said their disciplinary committee had found that
Samuels had breached ICC Rules of Conduct 4 in that he "received
money, benefit or other reward which could bring him or the game
of cricket into disrepute".
The committee looked into charges that Jamaican Samuels
passed on team information to a bookmaker during a one-day
series in India in January 2007.
A second charge that Samuels had "directly or indirectly...
engaged in conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game."
was dismissed.
The committee, which will now pass on its findings to the
ICC, said they would prefer for Samuels not to face a ban but to
be "bound over to be of good behaviour for a period not
exceeding two years".
- Reuters