West Indies cricketer Devon Thomas handed 5-year ban by ICC for match-fixing

West Indies cricketer Devon Thomas was handed a 5-year ban after he was found guilty of fixing matches in the Caribbean Premier League, Lankan Premier League and the franchise-based league in the UAE. Thomas admitted to seven charges, including those related to match-fixing.

Thomas was provisionally suspended on May 23 last year and his sentence will be backdated to that time. ICC released a statement on May 2, saying that Thomas would have 18 months of the punishment suspended.

"The International Cricket Council (ICC) has imposed a five-year period of ineligibility from all cricket on West Indies player



Devon Thomas after he accepted breaching seven counts of the anti-corruption codes of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)."

"The ICC announced the period of ineligibility in its capacity as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official under the relevant codes, ruling that the last 18 months of the period of ineligibility would be suspended."

"Mr. Thomas, who chose to admit the charges and agreed to a sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing, admitted to being in breach of the following provisions of the SLC, ECB and CPL Codes.