Samuels charged by ICC anti- corruption unit

… CWI fully supports Unit
(ESPNCRICINFO) – Marlon Samuels, the architect of West Indies’ twin T20
World Cup triumphs in 2012 and 2016, has been charged by the ICC’s anti-
corruption unit on four counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s anti-
corruption code.
In a media statement yesterday, the ICC said the charges relate to the T10
tournament conducted by the ECB.
Samuels has been charged for the following breaches:
Article 2.4.2 – Failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official the
receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit that was made or given in
circumstances that could bring the Participant or the sport of cricket into
disrepute
Article 2.4.3 – Failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official
receipt of hospitality with a value of U,S, $750 or more
Article 2.4.6 – Failing to co-operate with the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s
investigation
Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s
investigation by concealing information that may have been relevant to the
investigation
He has 14 days from September 21 to respond to the charges.
The investigation concerns the 2019 edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 where
Samuels was picked by Karnataka Tuskers, but did not get to play a single
game.
CWI responded to the charges against Samuels, stating it was “firm in
denouncing any such activities within the sport”.
“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,” the statement said. “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.

“While CWI has yet to receive detailed information relating to this ICC
investigation, CWI remains firm in denouncing any such activities within the
sport, and fully supports the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit in their efforts to rid the
sport of all corruption.”
Samuels, 40, announced his retirement last year after a career in which he
played 71 Tests, 207 ODIs and 67 T20Is since his West Indies debut in 2000,
and scored over 11 000 international runs and 17 centuries. While his record
suggested he never made the most of his sumptuous talent, his highs were
spectacular, most notably when he top-scored in the T20 World Cup finals of
2012 and 2016.
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”.
Last month, Samuels became one of 19 Jamaican cricketers to feature on a
mural unveiled at Sabina Park as part of a larger art project that aims to turn
Kingston into a “destination city”.