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Brendan Taylor, the former Zimbabwe captain accepted four charges under the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Code and one separate charge of violating the ICC's anti-doping code, which led to his suspension from all forms of cricket for three and a half years. Even though this was inevitable, I think it was too harsh. I commend Brendan for taking the initiative and accepting the consequences.
Brendan Taylor is a very underrated player and it is unfortunate that his career is ending in this way. Everyone knows the hardships Zimbabwean players are going through and therefore I won't be surprised if some of the players fell victim to bookies. The ICC is also blind to the complaints from the players. There is simply no accountability from the cricket board. 90% of the funds they receive from the ICC gets stolen and in the end players are left to fend for themselves. Sad to see another great player going down in this manner.
Law enforcement, Cricketing board and ICC has bigger role to play and biggest loser. I have sympathy for cricketers like Taylor due to downfall but he wasn't some Saint. He took 15k and doing his usual cocaine stuff and then fell into blackmail fiasco with some Indian businessman aka fixture. Every international players even club cricketers are regularly briefed by their board and organization in regards of fixing, honeytrap etc.
Well, this is not the first time that a cricketer's career has ended in such a way, right?
One thing I do not understand is if the player is being charged with several laws then isn't it also the duty of the law enforcement to ensure that such things do not happen??
I mean what punishment did the bookie get? Does anyone remember the
Mayank Agarwal guy in the Shakib Al Hasan issue? Shakib got banned for doing nothing and all I had about the bookie was 'it's being handled from another direction.
It's basically like saying 'you can sell weed but if anyone buys from you the buyer is in trouble'. WTF!!!
