Ex-Sri Lanka captain banned after admitting corruption charges

Previous Sri Lanka commander Sanath Jayasuriya has been restricted from cricket for a long time subsequent to conceding two ruptures of the International Cricket Council's enemy of debasement code.

The 49-year-old, who was charged in October, conceded neglecting to co-work with an examination and "disguising, messing with or pulverizing proof".

It is a piece of a more extensive examination concerning debasement in Sri Lankan cricket.

Jayasuriya, who resigned in 2012, is a previous administrator of selectors.

"This conviction under the code exhibits the significance of members in cricket co-working with examinations," said Alex Marshall, general chief of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) hostile to debasement unit.

"Convincing members to co-work under the code is an imperative weapon in our endeavors to free our game of corruptors. These tenets are basic to keep up the honesty of our game."

Jayasuriya was player of the competition when Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 and he scored 21 centuries and took 323 wickets in 445 one-day internationals.

He additionally found the middle value of 40.07 keeps running in 110 Test matches.

The previous government serve resigned from global cricket in 2011, however kept playing Twenty20 matches until 2012.

Jayasuriya was charged after he neglected to give a telephone and SIM card to the examination when asked for to.

"Plainly there were no debasement allegations, wagering charges or abuse of inside data charges leveled against me," he said in an announcement.

"I chose to concede the said charges at the primary occurrence for the love of the cricket, for more noteworthy's benefit and to secure the respectability of cricket.

"I emphasize the way that I have constantly kept up a high level of respectability all through my cricketing vocation."