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Heath Streak Banned From All Cricket For 8 Years

2 years agoWed, 14 Apr 2021 11:08:44 GMT
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Heath Streak Banned From All Cricket For 8 Years

Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned from all cricket for eight years after he accepted five charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

In a statement issued this Tuesday, the ICC said Streak was charged as a participant under the Code by virtue of his status as the coach of Zimbabwe from 2016 to 2018 and as the coach of various domestic teams. The charges include the following:

  • disclosing inside information under both the ICC Code and various domestic Codes, in circumstances where he knew or should have known that such information may be used for betting purposes.
  • directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any participant to breach the Code.
  • Failing to disclose the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefits that the participant knew or should have known was given to them to procure a breach of the Code or that was made or given in circumstances that could bring the participant or the sport of cricket into disrepute.
  • Failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code including in relation to international matches, matches in the 2017 BPL, the 2018 Pakistan Super League, the 2018 IPL and the 2018 APL.
  • obstructing or delaying an investigation, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence of or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

According to the ICC, Streak chose to admit the charges and agreed with the sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing.

He will be free to resume his involvement in the game on 28 March 2029.

Commenting on the development, Zimbabwe’s former Education Minister David Coltart said though he was saddened by the report, there is no room for corruption in the game. He tweeted:

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There can be no excuses for this type of behaviour. Corruption has deeply affected #Cricket internationally and within #Zimbabwe and must be ruthlessly rooted out wherever it is found. That said I stand ready to assist Heath to redeem his otherwise outstanding record & contribution.

Following the ICC ban, Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission announced today that it has requested the National Prosecuting Authority to ascertain whether any criminal laws were broken.

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