Zim cricket official Rajan Nayer suspended for 20 years

Dubai, March 27

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Former Zimbabwe cricket official Rajan Nayer was suspended for 20 years by ICC after being found guilty of fixing international games. 

Nayer, the treasurer and marketing director of the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association, was chargedwith three offences under the Code including offering Zimbabwe Captain Graeme Cremer $30,000. 

The other charges include breaching Article 2.1.1 of the ICC’s code (being party to an effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspects of an International match or matches) and Article 2.1.3 (offering a player money to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspects of an International match or matches). 

Nayer’s suspension comes after captain Graeme Cremer informed coach Heath Streak about an alleged approach by an official to influence the result of Zimbabwe-West Indies Test series last year.

Nayer’s suspension will be backdated to the start of his provisional suspension on  January 16, 2018, and as such he will be eligible to participate in cricket from 16 January 2038. “Mr Nayer accepted the charge of 2.1.4 and, on this basis, the ICC has agreed not to pursue any of the alternative charges based on the same facts,” an ICC media release said. — PTI