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ICC media release says the former Zimbabwe captain breached the ACU code on four counts
Former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has been banned from all cricket for three-and-a-half years by the ICC’s anti-corruption unit for failing to report an approach from alleged corruptors without delay. In a media release on Friday, the ICC said Taylor has accepted the ban, which starts from January 28, and separately one charge of breaching the doping code.
In a statement on Twitter, Taylor had revealed that he had been filmed using cocaine during a meeting in India with alleged businessmen, who then used that video to allegedly blackmail him into an agreement to spot-fix. Taylor, who will turn 36 next week, has since admitted himself into a rehabilitation clinic.
Taylor told the Daily Mail that he had “beaten a few” drugs tests in the past few years before eventually failing one in his final international match in September 2021. “I might have beaten a few tests in the past two-and-a-half years but it got me when I was heading for destruction,” Taylor said.
The ICC release said Taylor breached the ACU code on four counts, including failing to disclose not just the approach but also receiving gifts and cash, including hospitality, from the alleged corruptors. One charge read: “Failing to disclose to the ACU (without unnecessary delay) full details of the approach received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code including in relation to Zimbabwe’s then upcoming series against Sri Lanka and/or Bangladesh.”
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