Jayasuriya, who also served as Sri Lanka’s chairman of selectors after ending his illustrious playing career, was charged by world cricket’s governing body last October over an alleged failure to cooperate with an anti-corruption investigation.
On Tuesday, an ICC media release confirmed the 49-year-old had accepted a two-year sanction, after he “admitted to being in breach of the following provisions in the Anti-Corruption Code:
“1. Article 2.4.6 - Failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU [anti-corruption unit], including failure to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU as part of such investigation.
“2. Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.”
When the charges against Jayasuriya were initially announced, the ex-opener released a statement defending his integrity.
It read: “The charges allege that I have not been cooperative and not assisted their investigations.
“I have always conducted myself with integrity and transparency with matters concerning the sport and I will continue to do so.
“The charges do not contain any allegations pertaining to match fixing, pitch fixing or any other similar corrupt activity, but I am not in any position to release any comments at this moment.”
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