Marlon Samuels charged under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

The International Cricket Council (ICC), on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), has charged former West Indies player Marlon Samuels with breaching four counts of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code for Participants of the T10 League (the ‘Code’).

Mr Samuels has been charged with the following offences under the Code:

A breach of Article 2.4.2 – Failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official, the 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.

A breach of Article 2.4.3 – Failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official receipt of hospitality with a value of US $750 or more.

Breaches of Article 2.4.6 – Failing to cooperate with the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation.

Breaches of Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation by concealing information that may have been relevant to the investigation.

Marlon Samuels shall have to respond to the ICC in 2 weeks’ time

Mr Samuels has 14 days from 21 September to respond to the charges. The ICC will not make any further comment in respect of these charges at this stage.

Marlon Samuels represented the West Indies side in 71 Tests, 207 ODIs, and 67 T20Is. While he scored close to 4000 runs in the whites at an average of 32.64, the right-hander amassed 5606 runs in the ODI format of the game at an average of 32.98. In T20I cricket, the 40-year-old Samuels scored 1611 runs for the ‘Men in Maroon’, and scored his runs at an average of 29.29.

The greatest moment of Marlon Samuels’ career came in the year 2016 when he won the Player of the Match award in the final of the 2016 T20 World Cup against England and helped the West Indies win the prestigious trophy. In the summit clash, Samuels scored a match-winning 85 off 66 balls and played a pivotal role in the West Indies winning the match with 4 wickets to spare. Samuels played his last international match for the West Indies in the year 2018.