Nuwan Zoysa suspended over suspected match-fixing

By Madushka Balasuriya

Nuwan Zoysa has been charged with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Owing to the seriousness of the charges, the Sri Lankan bowling coach has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect.

Zoysa stands accused of being involved in attempting to fix or otherwise improperly influence the result or other aspect of an international match, of soliciting fellow professionals to do the same, and for failing to disclose any approach by potential fixers to the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit.

Zoysa became the second former Sri Lankan cricketer in less than a month to be charged by the ICC on grounds of corruption as part of the ICC’s ongoing probe into serious allegations of corruption in Sri Lanka.

Earlier this month, Zoysa’s former Captain and teammate Sanath Jayasuriya was charged by the ACU over his failure to cooperate with their investigations.

Zoysa, who retired from international cricket in 2007, having played 30 Tests and 95 ODIs for Sri Lanka, has two weeks from today to respond to the charges.