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| Ramnaresh Sarwan | Xavier Marshall |
| Returns to form and lays the foundation for the West Indies' win. | Gets out to a terrible shot, doing nothing to justify the selectors' blind faith in him. |
Wed, Oct 31, '07
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has instructed the West Indies Cricket Board to launch an immediate investigation into the allegations of inappropriate activity by West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels.
The ICC's anti-corruption unit found enough in the allegations that Samuels passed team information to a bookie while the West Indies were on tour in India earlier this year.
The WICB has been asked to report back January 31, 2008.
It is alleged that Samuels has breached the following ICC Code of Conduct Regulations:
Once the WICB probe is completed, the ICC said it will launch an Official Equiry that will comprise the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Commission and two Code of Conduct Commission Members not connected with the WICB.C 4 (ix) Received any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute; and/or
C 4 (xiv) Has engaged in any conduct which, in the opinion of the (ICC) Executive Board... is prejudicial to the interests of the game of cricket
The Official Enquiry will review the findings of the WICB investigation and make recommendations to the Executive Board as to whether the investigation was carried out to the same standard that the Official Enquiry itself would have carried out such investigation and, if a sanction is applied by the WICB, whether it is appropriate given the nature of the conduct under investigation
