Sri Lankan spin bowler Praveen Jayawickrama has been banned from cricket for a year by the sport's world governing body after he pleaded guilty to a corruption charge.The International Cricket Council said the 26-year-old spinner, who has not been included in a national squad since June 2022, admitted breaching the body's anti-corruption code.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"As a result of the admission, Jayawickrama has accepted a sanction of a one-year period of ineligibility, of which the last six months are suspended," the ICC said in a statement on Wednesday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was accused of failing to report an approach to fix a match during the Sri Lanka Premier League tournament in 2021, as well as future international matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was also accused of deleting messages on his phone relating to the approach.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jayawickrama has played five international matches in each of the sport's three formats since his international debut in April 2021 in a Test against Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n