Enock Ikope, the director of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and the chairman of the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association (HMCA), has been provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching three anti-corruption codes of the organisation.
On Monday, ICC released a statement on that suspension where the governing council clarified the reasons for that punishment. ICC pointed out those three anti-corruption codes which Ikope breached and those are at following:
- Article 2.4.6 – failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with an investigation being carried out by the ACU in relation to possible corrupt conduct under the Code.
- Article 2.4.7 – delaying an investigation being carried out by the ACU in relation to possible corrupt conduct under the Code.
- Article 2.4.7 – obstruction of an investigation being carried out by the ACU in relation to possible corrupt conduct under the Code.
ICC has given Ikope 14 days time to respond to the charges. In that statement, ICC clarified, “Mr Ikope has 14 days from June 11, 2018, to respond to the charges. The ICC will not make any further comment in respect of these charges at this stage.”
In May 2015, Ikope became the chairman of HMCA after beating Cyprian Mandenge in the selection vote.
Earlier in March 2018, HMCA Treasurer and Marketing Director, Rajan Nayer, has been suspended by ICC from all cricketing activity for 20 years. He was charged for breaching three anti-corruption codes of ICC for approaching Zimbabwe Captain Graeme Cremer and those are as follows:
- Article 2.1.1 – being party to an effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspects of an International match or matches;
- Article 2.1.3 – offering Mr. Cremer US $30,000 to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspects of an International match or matches; and
- Article 2.1.4 – directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging Mr. Cremer to breach Article 2.1.1.
