Sanath Jayasundara, a former performance analyst with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), has been banned from all cricket for seven years after he was found guilty of breaching the anti-corruption code, the ICC revealed on Monday (July 5). The ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty on two counts – Article 2.1.3 and Article 2.4.7 – with Jayasundara’s ban back-dated to May 11, 2019 when he was provisionally suspended. His offence, as per Article 2.1.3, was ‘offering a bribe or other reward to the Sri Lankan Sports Minister to contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of an International Match’.
