Marlon Samuels found guilty

[Gambit]

Marlon Samuels to face hearing Cricinfo staff May 7, 2008 Marlon Samuels is expected to face a West Indies board (WICB) ethics and disciplinary committee on Friday to answer charges of inappropriate conduct relating to the investigation into his alleged connections with an Indian bookmaker. Radio Jamaica reported that Samuels has hired the services of two top Jamaican lawyers - K. Churchill Neita and Delano Harris - to represent him. An internal WICB investigation into bribery allegations found enough evidence to charge him with misconduct. The investigation was led by Jamaican attorney Derek Jones, after the ICC told the WICB to hold its own investigation into Samuels actions while West Indies were in India in January and February 2007, prior to the World Cup. The ICC said the report from the anti corruption and security unit contained allegations that Samuels was involved with "inappropriate activity" and acted in a manner that "prejudicial to the interests of the game of cricket". Phone conversations between Samuels and an alleged Indian bookmaker were taped by the Nagpur police ahead of the one-day international between India and West Indies on January 21. Samuels denied any wrongdoing and the WICB backed him pending the investigation. The committee, chaired by Justice Adrian Saunders, also includes Richie Richardson and Courtney Walsh as player representatives. Despite the hearing which hangs over his head, Samuels has been named in West Indies' 17-man training squad for the Australia series. The three players involved in the IPL - Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan - aren't included and neither is injured captain Chris Gayle.

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wivaus/content/story/350287.html Apparently, he's been found guilty of the charges mentioned in that article. Might be banned for 2 years.

[Sachinism]

didnt quite understand that is it to do with match-fixing?

[Gambit]

News confirmed today. He was banned for match fixing. This was his offence -

"Received any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute."

http://caribbeancricket.com/news/2008/05/12/2727

[Sachinism]

wow thats a shocker :(( one of the great hitters in the game in memory of his career [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=21CKSUiDzo0]YouTube - Marlon Samuels hits a six - Out of the ground[/ame]

[Zakhmi]

ICC confirms two-year ban on Samuels Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the decision of the Windies Board's Disciplinary Committee to ban Marlon Samuels for two years from all forms of the cricket. WICB Committee found Samuels guilty of breaching ICC regulation C 4 (xi) which states: “Received any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute." Ban would include Official Cricket - Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals, first-class matches and List-A matches organized by or under the auspices of the ICC or its Members and Unofficial Cricket - cricket within an ICC Member not falling into the above categories that is granted approval by either the ICC or the relevant Board. Two-year ban is effective from 9 May, the date of the hearing which took place in St Lucia. "Illustrates threat of corruption has not gone away; cricket must remain vigilant," said ICC acting CEO Dave Richardson. Hailing WICB for its barve decision Richardson said: "Corruption is a serious matter, dealing with it effectively is fundamental to the integrity of our sport and this matter is a demonstration that its threat has not gone away." "It is never pleasant when a player is banned but the process in arriving at this point has been an extremely thorough one and we hope the case serves as a reminder to players and officials to remain vigilant," he added. The matter investigated took place during the West Indies" tour of India in Jan 2007 and the process to arrive at this point began with an ACSU investigation and report following allegations the player had passed on match information ahead of the ODI in Nagpur on Jan 21 and then received payment for a hotel stay in Mumbai at the end of the tour. That report was reviewed by Chairman of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission Michael Beloff QC, his review went before the ICC Board at its Oct 2007 meeting and the Board instructed the WICB to carry out its own investigation and convene a Disciplinary Committee to ascertain the player"s guilt or otherwise. thatsCricket

[fineleg]

"what match information"? Nagpur on Jan 21? Who won that match?

[Zakhmi]

"what match information"? Nagpur on Jan 21? Who won that match?

http://content-gulf.cricinfo.com/indvwi/engine/match/267706.html Result India won by 14 runs Player of the match S Chanderpaul (West Indies)

[Sachinism]

^^^ hmm samuels bowled better than the rest in that game and made 40 with the bat (even though it was slow)

[fineleg]

^^^ hmm samuels bowled better than the rest in that game and made 40 with the bat (even though it was slow)

Yes best WI bowling figures and decent batting! Hmm...weird.