• Former West Indies all-rounder charged under corruption code

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    Marlon Samuels has been charged under the ICC’s anti-corruption code more than a decade after he served a ban for breaching regulations.

    Samuels, who played international cricket between 2000 and 2018, was charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board for breaching four elements of their T10 League anti-corruption code.

    Charges include failing to disclose “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”.

    Samuels is also charged with failing to cooperate with an anti-corruption official’s investigation.

    The 40-year-old was given a two-year ban in 2008 after being found guilty of receiving “money, benefit or other reward … which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute”.

    The all-rounder played 71 Tests, 207 ODIs and 67 T20Is for the West Indies. He scored 11,134 runs and picked up 152 wickets.

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