In one of the most shocking turn of events, The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged Sri Lanka’s legendary Sanath Jayasuriya with two counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Jayasuriya has been charged with the following offences under 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 accurately 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.
Cricket Age understand that Jayasuriya, Who has been considered as one of the greatest ODI allrounder, lied about the number of phones in his possession, before hiding one of his SIM cards and disposing of the handset.
According to sources, current charges against Jayasuriya are related for him refusing to hand over his personal mobile phone to ICC authorities over an investigation. He had reportedly delayed handing over it due to “personal reasons that cannot be disclosed”
The most shocking fact is that the charges do not relate to his playing days, but to his second stint as Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors, which ended in August 2017, after the Sri Lankans had surprisingly lost a one-day series at home to Zimbabwe.
Jayasuriya has 14 days from 15 October 2018 to respond to the charges. The ICC will not make any further comment in respect of these charges at this stage.
