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April 15, 2021
PARIS: Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak was on Wednesday banned for eight years on corruption charges, the International Cricket Council announced.
“Mr Streak chose to admit the charges and agreed the sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing,” an ICC statement said.
The Zimbabwe coach from 2016 to 2018, his ban extends until March, 2029.
Streak, 47, was found guilty of breaching five rules of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code related to betting.
He disclosed inside information in relation to matches in the 2018 Tri-Series involving Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Zimbabwe v Afghanistan series in 2018, the IPL 2018 and the APL 2018, the statement revealed.
Streak: the culprit behind Shakib’s ban!
Sports Correspondent
15th April, 2021 10:58:23
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak on Wednesday was handed an eight-year ban from all cricket for breaching International Cricket Council s Anti-Corruption Code.
The 47-year-old accepted all five charges labelled against him for his role as the coach of Zimbabwe between 2016-2018 and as the coach of various franchises, including for the Kolkata Knight Riders during IPL 2018 and the Kabul Zwanan during APL 2018.
Since Streak’s getting ban by ICC, there is a buzz going around Bangladesh’s cricket fraternity that the former Zimbabwean skipper gave the number of their ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to Deepak Agarwal and as things are unfolding it looks all but certain.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was banned for eight years Wednesday for breaching cricket's anti-corruption code while he was coach of his country’s national.