International Cricket Board charged former West Indies international Maron Samuels counts for breaching the code of conduct. Marlon Samuels, a part of the Karnataka Tuskers in Abu Dhabi T10 League back in 2019, did not play a single game but was found guilty on different measures.
In a statement released by the ICC, they have mentioned that Samuels had breached Articles 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 – that come into picture if a player has failed to disclose the Anti-corruption unit if he/she has had raised a bill or experienced hospitality that could bring the player or the sport into disrepute.
It also includes charges of the player failing to reveal information that may have been relevant in the Anti-Corruption Unit’s investigation. The player has 14 days to respond to these charges, starting from 21st September.
It is believed that Samuels might have exceeded the limit of $750 that a player is not supposed to cross, when it comes to hospitality receipts. If the bill manages to exceed that mark, he or she is supposed to bring it to the notice of the Anti-Corruption Unit, which he failed to do so.
“Cricket West Indies (CWI) has been made aware of the charges which have been laid by the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit, involving former West Indies player Marlon Samuels.
Formal charges have been laid with breaching four counts of the Emirates Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Code for participants of the T10 League in Abu Dhabi in 2019,”
a statement by the Caribbean board said.
He was no stranger to controversy during his career, the lowest point of which was his two-year ban after being found guilty, in May 2008, of “receiving money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute”.
Samuels announced his retirement, having played at the international level for two decades, representing West Indies in 71 Tests, 207 ODIs and 67 T20Is. He scored over 11,000 runs at the international level, which includes 17 centuries.
Marlon Samuels was also a huge part of the West Indies side that won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016, playing match-winning knocks in the finals of those campaigns against Sri Lanka and England.
