Sri Lanka great Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged with two breaches of the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption code.
Jayasuriya was the player of the tournament when Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996, the highlight of a stellar playing career that comprised of 110 Tests, 445 one-day internationals and 31 Twenty20s.
The former Sri Lanka Cricket chair of selectors has two weeks to respond to the charges which relate to “failure or refusal” to co-operate as well as “obstructing or delaying” an investigation carried out by the anti-corruption unit.
The ICC said in a statement: “Sanath Jayasuriya, charged with two counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, has been given 14 days from 15 October 2018 to respond.”
The former Sri Lanka captain amassed 6,973 runs at an average of just over 40 in Tests over an international career that spanned four decades – from 1989 to 2011.
As his playing career was winding down, he entered politics and served on the Sri Lanka parliament from 2010 to 2015, while he resigned as a member of the selection committee in August last year.
It is unknown which fixtures the charges relate to, or if anyone else is involved, but the ICC said the breaches relate to article 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 of its anti-corruption code.
The ICC added: “Failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU, including failure to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU as part of such investigation.
“Obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.”
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