Cricket-ICC charges Jayasuriya under anti-corruption code

By Reuters • last updated: 09/12/2019

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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka batting great Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged with two counts of breaching the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption code, the world governing body said on Monday.

The former captain and explosive opening batsman has refused to cooperate with any investigation conducted by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit, the ICC said in a statement.

The 49-year-old has also been charged with trying to conceal, destroy or tamper with evidence that could be crucial to anti-corruption investigation.

Jayasuriya has two weeks to respond to the charges.

(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Nick Mulvenney)

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