Sri Lanka's Jayawickrama handed one-year ban

October 03, 2024
Jayawickrama

Praveen Jayawickrama, a spinner for Sri Lanka, has been banned from all cricket activities for a year after breaking the anti-corruption code.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) punished Jayawickrama with three code breaches in August after he obstructed an inquiry and neglected to disclose a plan to fix matches.

The 26-year-old subsequently admitted to breaching the anti-corruption code.

"As a result of the admission, Jayawickrama has accepted a sanction of a one-year period of ineligibility, of which the last six months are suspended," the ICC said.

The ICC said Jayawickrama was approached to fix international matches and asked to contact another player to fix matches in the 2021 season of the Lanka Premier League.

Jaywawickrama was handed his international debut in April 2021 when he took 11 wickets in his maiden Test against Bangladesh.

He has played five Test matches, five one-day internationals and five T20 internationals, and last featured for Sri Lanka in June 2022.

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