ICC charges WI's Devon Thomas with corruption, hands provisional suspension

The International Cricket Council ICC has charged West Indies international allrounderkeeper Devon Thomas with seven counts under their anticorruption codes and he has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect for his alleged involvement in attempts to fix matches in Lanka Premier League Abu Dhabi T20 and Caribbean Premier League CPLThe ICC has taken this action on behalf of Sri Lanka Cricket SLC the Emirates Cricket Board ECB and the Caribbean Premier League CPLThe ICC in its capacity as the Designated AntiCorruption Official has charged Thomas under the SLC AntiCorruption Code for Participants the SLC Code the ECB AntiCorruption Code for Participants of the T10 Cricket League the ECB Code and the CPL AntiCorruption Code for Participants the CPL Code crickets world governing body informed in a release on TuesdayDevon Thomas has been accused under Article 211 of the SLC Code of contriving or being party to an agreement to fix or attempt to fix contrive or influence improperly the result progress conduct or other aspects of matches in the Lanka Premier League 2021He has also been charged with failing to disclose to the Designated AntiCorruption Official without unnecessary delay full details of an approach or invitations received to engage in Corrupt Conduct in the Lanka Premier League 2021Also Read ICC charges umpire Kashyap for breaching anticorruption codeUnder Article 246 of the SLC Code Thomas has been charged with failing or refusing without compelling justification to cooperate with the Designated AntiCorruption Officials investigation by failing to provide accurately and completely any information andor documentation requested by the Designated AntiCorruption OfficialUnder Article 247 of the SLC Code he has been charged with obstructing or delaying the Designated AntiCorruption Officials investigation into Corrupt Conduct including without limitation concealing tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation andor that may be evidence of or may lead to the discovery of evidence of Corrupt ConductThomas has been charged under Article 244 of the ECB Code with failing to disclose to the Designated AntiCorruption Official without unnecessary delay full details of an approach or invitations received to engage in Corrupt Conduct at the Abu Dhabi T10 2021As per Article 244 of the CPL Code Thomas has been charged with failing to disclose to the Designated AntiCorruption Official without unnecessary delay full details of an approach or invitations received to engage in Corrupt Conduct in CPL 2021Under Article 242 of the CPL Code he has been accused of failing to disclose to the Designated AntiCorruption Official without unnecessary delay the receipt of any gift payment hospitality or benefit a that he knew or should have known was made to procure a breach of the CPL Code or b could have brought the player or the game of cricket into disreputeDevon Thomas has 14 days from May 23 2023 to respond to the chargesDevon Thomas has represented West Indies in one Test 21 ODIs and 12 T20 InternationalsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever