Saliya Saman , the former Sri Lanka n domestic cricketer, has been banned from all cricket for five years. An ICC anti-corruption tribunal found him guilty of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) anti-corruption code.

The ban is backdated to September 13, 2023, when Saman was provisionally suspended, as one of eight people - all associated with the Pune Devils franchise in the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 tournament - charged with breaching the code. Those eight included the Bangladesh allrounder Nasir Hossain, who in January 2024 was banned for two years after being found guilty of the three charges against him.

The charges against Saman relate to three articles of the ECB's anti-corruption code.

2.1.1 - Being party to an attempt to fix, contrive or influence improperly matche

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