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Samuels found liable

roseboy64

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Apparently he violated the section of the code of conduct prohibiting the giving of team info. No money transaction.

viii.) Received from another person any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) for the provision of any information concerning the weather, the teams, the state of the ground, the status of, or the outcome of, any match or the occurrence of any Event unless such information has been provided to a newspaper or other form of media in
accordance with an obligation entered into in the normal course and disclosed in advance to the Cricket Authority of the relevant Member Country

Penalty
Ban for a minimum period of 2 years and a maximum period of 5 years for any such individual if the Member carrying out the investigation or the Official Enquiry constituted by the ICC Code of Conduct Commission (as the case may be) is satisfied that the information was given for a bet to be placed directly or indirectly for the benefit of the individual against whom the charge was found. Otherwise, a ban for a minimum period of 12 months. In addition, a fine may beimposed, the amount of which shall be unlimited and left to be assessed in the light of the actual circumstances.
 

social

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Wasn't he under suspicion previously?

Anyway, with his improved form, the increased amount of money in the game and, most importantly, the attention given to this issue, if he did it he would have to rate as the most stupid sportsman in history
 

roseboy64

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This is for that incident in India before the WC. Just took a while for the hearing to happen.
 

Burgey

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What was his alleged reward for passing on the info, if it wasn't a monetary transaction?
 

Mr Mxyzptlk

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From what I've heard of the incident, it sounds like he was just oblivious to the illegality of passing this information on. Like he was tricked into doing so, except that the trick was only effective because he was an idiot.
 

Burgey

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Then why can't he defend it on the basis that he passed on the info, but got no reward for doing so?
 

roseboy64

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Apparently he was seen in Mumbai after the tour or something, some kind of vacation. Speculation though so far and apparently he's known the guy for like 5 years.
 

Burgey

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Hmmm. ITSTL.

Not being patronising in saying this, but I think you guys need him really. It looked recently like he was very much starting to fulfil some potential (or at least that's the impression I got from having seen him on a limited basis lately).
 

SJS

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If found guilty of anything corrupt/to do with bookies, a player should face just one sentence - a life ban. Minimum and maximum both. No deviations. IF ICC is serious about getting rid of this plague.
 

weldone

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If found guilty of anything corrupt/to do with bookies, a player should face just one sentence - a life ban. Minimum and maximum both. No deviations. IF ICC is serious about getting rid of this plague.
AWTA
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
If found guilty of anything corrupt/to do with bookies, a player should face just one sentence - a life ban. Minimum and maximum both. No deviations. IF ICC is serious about getting rid of this plague.
Yep. It's sad for the person, such as Samuels, who's been a victim of his own carelessness. But the game of cricket has far, far more to lose by being lenient on such people than they have to gain by said leniency.
 

roseboy64

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TBF the panel who made the ruling are calling it excessive and suggesting probation. There's not much evidence to show he got benefit for any information he gave to this guy he knows. So layoff the attacks on him unless you know more.
 

roseboy64

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Samuels was in India for a few extra days after the WI left. Was to pursue some modelling and reality show business opportunities. Didn't pan out and his credit card wasn't working and he called Kochar to pay for him. That according to one of his lawyers. Legitimate really. Guessing there was other stuff as that's really circumstantial based on him giving Kochar info. That was the bare bones of it.
 

silentstriker

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Samuels was in India for a few extra days after the WI left. Was to pursue some modelling and reality show business opportunities. Didn't pan out and his credit card wasn't working and he called Kochar to pay for him. That according to one of his lawyers. Legitimate really. Guessing there was other stuff as that's really circumstantial based on him giving Kochar info. That was the bare bones of it.
Haha, right. Sure.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
TBF the panel who made the ruling are calling it excessive and suggesting probation. There's not much evidence to show he got benefit for any information he gave to this guy he knows. So layoff the attacks on him unless you know more.
Doesn't really matter if you can prove he got benefit. Giving information alone is enough for the maximum possible punishment.
 

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