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ICC bans UAE's Qadeer Ahmed Khan for eight years for breaching anti-corruption code

Qadeer Ahmed Khan of the United Arab Emirates has been barred from all cricket for five years after admitting to breaching six codes of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in October 2019. The governing body of the game however has imposed a retrospective ban on Khan that will be counted from October 16, 2019, when he was first charged for the breaches.

Khan has accepted the charges of breaching article 2.4.4, 2.3.2, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7 of the anti-corruption code.

The General Manager of the ICC‘s Integrity Unit, Alex Marshall, said that Khan being an international cricket who has been through anti-corruption training should have been more vigilant about coming in contact with corrupt people and also should have reported as soon as possible after being aware of the situation.

“Qadeer Khan is an experienced international cricketer who has received anti-corruption training. He should have avoided the people he knew were corrupt and reported any suspicions immediately. He has accepted he did wrong and requested an agreed sanction in place of a Tribunal. His five-year period of ineligibility is a reflection of the seriousness of his breaches and the number of charges,” Marshall said in a statement.

Notably, earlier this month, the ICC had also banned United Arab Emirates (UAE) players Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt for eight years each after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found them guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

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