Ex-Zimbabwe cricket director banned over West Indies fix attempt
ICC has banned Enock Ikope for 10 years after finding him guilty of breaching its anti-corruption code
Dubai — Former Zimbabwe Cricket director Enock Ikope has been banned from the game for 10 years for corruption linked to the 2017 West Indies tour fix attempt. Ikope was found guilty of breaching three counts of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) anti-corruption code. Ikope’s suspension announced by the ICC on Wednesday follows the 20-year ban handed out to Rajan Nayer, a former senior Zimbabwe cricket official, in March 2018. Nayer, the treasurer and marketing director of the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association, admitted to offering Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer $30,000 to fix the result of the Test series with the West Indies, which the visitors won. Cremer informed then coach Heath Streak of the approach and the matter was referred to the ICC. The ICC in a statement said Ikope had failed to co-operate and obstructed the investigation. This included the “deletion of data from his mobile phone before handing it over to the ICC’s anti-corruption tribunal”. ICC general ...
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