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Samuels faces two-year ban

Marlon Samuels has been found guilty by the West Indies board's disciplinary committee of breaching the ICC's Code of Conduct for "receiving money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute." The violation carries a minimum two-year ban and the WICB has passed on the committee's decision and recommendations to the ICC.
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I'm surprised that it took them so long to complete this investigation. This incident took place last year in February when West Indies toured India and Samuels was caught on tape by the Indian police.

Here is the full transcript of their conversation
Bookie: Connect to 206

Reception: 206, sir?

Bookie: Yes

Rec: Hello, room no 206, Marlon

Bookie: Hello, how are you Marlon?

206: not clear

Bookie: Just relax buddy

206: Just relax

Bookie: Hello my son, that's way I am here, came for my some work and am held up

206: OK

Bookie: Tomorrow night I am going back

206: OK

Bookie: So how are things with you and how is the preparation?

206: Preparation is good enough

Bookie: Well, wish you all the best

206: Thanks

Bookie: You play well

206: (Not clear) Talking to Robinson

Bookie: Robinson...Yes

206: Yes, our fielding well

Bookie: Ya, good that's a high-scoring game

206: Early in the morning... Batting move around the pitch...

Bookie: an in the evening lower down

206: Slow down...

Bookie: What you think that, who will bat...

206: Well...

Bookie: Who, who?

206: Dwayne (not clear) He's is making a debut tomorrow...

Bookie: New batsman, bowlers...

206: All-rounder...

Bookie: He are a good player...

206: Making debut

Bookie: Ya, I can understand that Chris is in form...

206: (Not clear)...

Bookie: And how is your batting going on?

206: My batting is good...

Bookie: Big... a... tall score tomorrow

206: (Not clear)

Room no 206: (not clear)

Bookie: When do you get down to bowl

206: (not clear)

Bookie: Which over you will be bowling

206: One down

Bookie: Normally after 17th or 18th over

206: By tomorrow... (not clear) than I can bowl... (not clear)

Bookie: He is seamer or spinner

206: Seamer

Bookie: He is a seamer, who will start bowling tomorrow

206: Dwayne

Bookie: Dwayne

206: Dwayne, tail and Bradshaw

Bookie: Tail and Bradshaw, they will open. You will be as the third bowler

206: Jerome Taylor, Chris Gayle will be 4th and 5th bowling

Bookie: You have got a nice allrounder team now

Bookie: As a first match, I want you to play well confident and don't hurry up, don't give the catches, play well, consolidate your position as well as possible if even if you can want couple of balls, it doesn't matter, don¹t get run out.. don't get excited, have a strong position

206: (not clear)

Bookie: After this you guys going to Cuttack, that's another place

206: (not clear)

Bookie: I am going back, we will be in touch with you

206: Most welcome

Bookie: Whenever you come back to Bombay? Most probably may be I will come there for one or two days

206: I want to stay there for couple of days

Bookie: Yeah, after (not clear)

206: Yeah

Bookie: Let me know I am flying back tomorrow

206: Not yet

Bookie: Yeah my flight (not clear) O'clock & from their I will fly back to Bombay

206: (not clear)

Bookie: Thank you very much chief

206: (not clear)

Bookie: All the best, after this I will have to work

206: (not clear)

Bookie: Ok good
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Re: Samuels faces two-year ban

I remember there was a lot of talk about it last year after the West Indies tour to India. They were already claiming that Samuels was guilty but now the West Indies board has also agreed. I think he deserves the ban for doing such a thing.
 
Re: Samuels faces two-year ban

This might sound a bit naive but I don`t think it is too bad. If I had had that conversation I wouldn`t know where or on what to put my money!! I have to admit I`m no gambler and in the right hands some of what was said may have been used inappropriately but just think how long the ban could of been if he didn`t mumble and all the conversation was audiable!!!!!
Wayne
 
Re: Samuels faces two-year ban

It is still against the rules to give any information about the match to anyone and the guy he was talking to is a bookie. If it was someone else then I would have some sympathy for Samuels but he was talking to a bookie.
 
Re: Samuels faces two-year ban

It hasn't been revealed what sort of benefit, monetary or otherwise, Samuels got for giving the information to a bookie, but he did get something out of it so its a clear cut case. Even if he didn't get any benefits, he would get banned for 12 months according to the ICC code of conduct.
 
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