Former Sri Lankan opener, Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from being involved in any form of cricket for a long period of two years after admitting breaching two counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

As per the media release by the ICC, he admitted to being in breach of the following provisions of the Code:

• Article 2.4.6 – Failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU, including failure to provide accurate and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU as part of such investigation.
• Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.
  As a result of the admissions, he has accepted a sanction of a two-year period of ineligibility.

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Describing the issue, Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager – ACU said: “This conviction under the Code demonstrates the importance of participants in cricket cooperating with investigations. Compelling participants to cooperate under the Code is a vital weapon in our efforts to rid our sport of corruptors. These rules are essential to maintaining the integrity of our sport.”

BREAKING: Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged with two counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

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— ICC (@ICC) October 15, 2018

It has been quite a long time that ICC ACU has been investigating into corruption in cricket in Sri Lanka and Jayasuriya has been convicted in the same issue. The ACU recently held an immunity in relation to Sri Lankan Cricket resulting in eleven players and other participants coming forward with new information.

Marshall further elaborated, “The amnesty has worked very well and has delivered significant new and important intelligence. This new information has assisted a number of our ongoing investigations and has resulted in some new investigations getting underway. I am very grateful to those who participated in the amnesty and as a result of the information shared we now have a much clearer picture of the situation in Sri Lanka and our investigations are continuing.”