The ICC handed Brendan Taylor a three-and-a-half-year ban from all forms of cricket after he accepted four charges of breaching their Anti-Corruption Code and one separate charge of breaching the Anti-Doping Code.
Taylor accepted the sanctions after admitting to various breaches of the Anti-Corruption Code. A separate charge of breaching the Anti-Doping Code was levelled against him for a positive test result for the stimulant Benzoylecognine, a cocaine metabolite, in last September.
‘Over such a long career, he participated in numerous anti-corruption and anti-doping education sessions and knew exactly what his obligations were under the ICC Anti-Corruption and Anti-Doping Codes. It is disappointing that a player of his experience chose not to fulfil those obligations, however, he has accepted all charges, which has been reflected in the sanction’, said Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager of the Integrity Unit, in a release.
Between 2004 and 2021, Taylor represented Zimbabwe in 284 international matches, amassing 9,938 runs with 17 hundreds. Prior to the ICC investigation concluding, he released a personal statement on social media, where he admitted that he had been handed USD 15,000 as deposit for spot-fixing and said he would have been paid a further USD 20,000 ‘once the job was complete’.