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WICB asked to
investigate allegations on Marlon Samuels |
November 01, 2007
 The
ICC has finally acted on the alleged Marlon
Samuels' conversation with an Indian bookie that
took in January 2007. The ICC has asked the West
Indies Cricket Board to investigate into the
matter after receiving a report from its
Anti-Corruption and Security unit.
The ICC has come to a
point where it is clear that Samuels did indulge
in breaching the code of conduct. The WICB has
been given a deadline of January 2008 for its
investigation of the allegations made on the
Jamaican. Marlon Samuels had admitted that he
had spoken to Mukesh Kochar, who he said was a
family friend for many years. However, the
Nagpur Police who first broke this revelations
had taped conversations which had Samuels
talking about the pitch, team composition and
batting order. Although the Cops couldn't quite
make a case out of it because it didn't involve
any crime or talks about illegal money
transactions. But the issue was brought to the
notice of the BCCI and the ICC as it contained
matter that clearly broke the basic code of
conduct of an International Cricketer prior to a
match.
The revelations were
made way back on February 7th by the Nagpur
Police and the matter was almost forgotten by
most people until the ICC has acted very
recently. Samuels was allowed to play the World
Cup and the subsequent tournaments despite
having serious allegations on him. Below are the
two code of conducts that Samuels is alleged to
have broken on the 20th of January, which was
the night before the
first ODI at
Nagpur on the 2006-07 tour of India.
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