The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned a couple of Hong Kong cricketers namely Nadeem Ahmed and Irfan Ahmed for breaching ICC’S Anti Corruption Code. If reports in the Cricket Country is to be believed Nadeem and elder brother Irfan Ahmed has been banned by ICC after being found guilty on several charges. The players have admitted to their wrongdoing in the some of the matches which were played between 2014 and 2016.
Meanwhile, another Hong Kong player Haseeb Amjad has also been suspended by ICC for 5 years. The ICC became aware of this after an ICC tribunal heard evidence of the cricketers who fix or tried to fix the matches, “failed, for reward, to perform and failed to disclose approaches to fix during a number of international fixtures across a two-year period.”
“This has been a long and complex investigation which has uncovered systematic attempts to influence moments in matches by experienced international cricketers over a period of time. Their conduct was premeditated and sophisticated and each of the Ahmed brothers sought to corrupt others,” ICC General Manager – Anti-Corruption Unite Alex Marshall was quoted as saying during a press release on Monday.
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“The main offences relate to the Hong Kong matches against Scotland and Canada where the players fixed specific overs. These matches were won by Hong Kong so it did not materially affect the results of the tournament, however, I cannot reiterate strongly enough to any player considering this that we treat any form of fixing – spot or match – with the utmost seriousness.
“With the fixers finding it harder than ever before to penetrate the highest levels of the game, we are increasingly seeing them turn their attention to other avenues in the sport and we will continue to work with Members to ensure players at all levels are educated about the dangers of corruption.
“The severity of the offences is reflected in the sanctions and I hope will deter other players from taking this path and demonstrate to cricket fans around the world our commitment to a corruption-free sport.”