A UK-based cricketer has been banned from all forms of the game for 17 and a half years over match-fixing claims relating to the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League.
Rizwan Javed, a club cricketer, was one of eight players and officials charged by the ICC last September.
The most notable of the group was Bangladesh international Nasir Hossain, who is now serving a two-year ban.
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Rizwan was found guilty of five separate breaches of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code for Participants, and because he did not respond to the charges was deemed guilty.
He was found guilty of:
Article 2.1.1 – Being party to an attempt to fix, contrive or influence improperly matches or aspects of matches in the Abu Dhabi T10 2021 (on three separate occasions).
Article 2.1.3 – Offering a Reward to another Participant in exchange for that player engaging in Corrupt Conduct.
Article 2.1.4 – Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1 (on three separate occasions).
Article 2.4.4 – Failing to disclose to the DACO full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in Corrupt Conduct under the Code.
Article 2.4.6 – Failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to co-operate with any investigation carried out by the DACO in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code.
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With the ban backdated to September 19 2023, Rizwan cannot play cricket at any level until March 2041.
“Rizwan Javed has received a lengthy ban from cricket for his repeated and serious attempts to corrupt professional cricketers,” ICC General Manager Integrity Alex Marshall said.
“The sanction imposed should send a strong message to other corrupters trying to target cricket at any level and demonstrates that any attempt to corrupt cricket will be strongly dealt with.”
