Former Tallangatta all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has received an eight-year ban from all cricket after he was found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code.
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The ICC anti-corruption tribunal ruled the Sri Lankan international had breached the code on three counts after he was handed down charges in 2018 related to the 2017 T10 tournament played in the United Arab Emirates.
Lokuhettige was found guilty of:
- Being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspect(s) of a match.
- Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any participant to breach above code.
- Failing to disclose to the ACU (anti-corruption unit) full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the code.
Tallangatta captain Matt Armstrong said the club is aware Loukhettige, who still resides in the town, has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"We're still supporting him at this stage," Armstrong said.
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An Al Jazeera documentary on cricket corruption in Sri Lanka initially raised concerns about Lokuhettige, where he was seen to be in the room when another former Sri Lankan cricketer was talking to an alleged corruptor and a journalist posing as a prospective bettor.
Former Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Zoysa was also found guilty of three corruption-related offences to do with the T10 tournament in November last year.
Sanath Jayasuriya was the most high-profile cricketer to face charges and has served out a two-year suspension from the game.
Lokuhettige played 11 one-day internationals for Sri Lanka before he signed with Tallangatta in 2016.
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