Irfan Ansari charged under ICC anti-corruption code

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged Irfan Ansari with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. 

Ansari is party to the code through his position as a person who is affiliated to a team that participates in International Matches and the Coach of the One Stop Tourism and Multiplex international teams who participate in domestic matches in the UAE. He has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect and has been charged with the following three offences under the Code:

Article 2.3.3 – directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging a participant to breach Code Article 2.3.2

Article 2.4.6 – failure or refusal to cooperate with the ACU’s investigation by failing to provide accurately and completely the information and / or documentation requested by the ACU in October 2017

Article 2.4.6 – failure or refusal to cooperate with the ACU’s investigation by failing to provide accurately and completely the information and / or documentation requested by the ACU in February 2018

A renowned Cricket organiser of Sharjah, Irfan Ansari, has been charged by the ICC under anti corruption code, charges include directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging a participant to breach anti corruption code.

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) May 10, 2018

Ansari has 14 days from 19 May 2018 to respond to the charges. The ICC will not make any further comment in respect of these charges at this stage.