ICC charge UAE-based coach with corruption approach

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Reuters: A United Arab Emirates-based coach has been provisionally suspended and charged with three counts of corruption, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

The One Stop Tourism and Multiplex team Coach Irfan Ansari has two weeks from 19 May to respond to the charges, the ICC said in a statement.

Ansari has been charged with making a corrupt approach to a player and for not cooperating in an investigation by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit since last October.

According to media reports, Pakistan Captain Sarfraz Ahmed had reported a corrupt approach made before a one-day international against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi during the same month.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi has also confirmed the approach, adding that the board had informed the ICC of the same.