ICC upholds ban on Samuels

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday upheld the two-year ban on West Indian batsman Marlon Samuels for bringing the game into disrepute. After its two-day meeting here, the ICC Executive Board said the two-year ban slapped on the batsman by a West Indies Cricket Board Disciplinary Committee was "appropriate". The committee found Samuels guilty of offence C 4 (ix) of the ICC Code of Conduct, namely that he "received any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute." "An official enquiry made up of Michael Beloff, the chairman of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission, and two other ICC Code of Conduct Commissioners, has reviewed the WICB Disciplinary Committee finding to ascertain whether the disciplinary process and the punishment... [read full story]