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There were many occasions on the cricket field when the mistakes of the players put their career in a deep crisis. In cases like match fixing, spot fixing, ball tampering and corruption, some veteran players were named and they were banned from cricket. Some of these returned, while some were named after controversies forever. Let’s know about 5 big cricketers who had to be banned from playing cricket.
Heath Streak- Zimbabwe
Ban period- 8 years
Reason- Violation of ICC’s anti-corruption code
Former Zimbabwe captain and veteran bowler Heath Streak was banned for 8 years in 2021. He was accused that he had given an internal information related to the team to a suspected bookie, in return he received bitcoin, jewelry and other expensive gifts. Although he did not match match fixing, but it is also against the rules of ICC to tell anything such.
Salman Butt- Pakistan
Ban period- 10 years (5 years suspended)
Reason- Spot Fixing Scandal, 2010
In the Lord’s Test against England in 2010, the then Pakistan captain Salman Butt took money from bookies to deliberately throw a no-ball. Mohammad Aamir and fellow player Mohammad Asif were also involved in this scam. He got a 10 -year ban, in which the sentence of 5 years was reduced, as well as he had to serve in a UK jail.
S. Sreesanth- India
Ban period- 7 years
Reason- Spot fixing in IPL 2013
India, who won the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup, was banned for a lifetime on charges of spot fixing during IPL 2013. Although he was acquitted by all the allegations by the court, his ban was implemented by BCCI for 7 years, which ended in 2019.
David Warner – Australia
Ban period- 1 year
Reason- Ball Tempting Scandal, 2018
In the Test match played on South Africa tour, David Warner provoked fellow player Cameron Bancroft for ball tampering (scratching sandpaper). Cricket Australia found Warner guilty in it and was banned for 1 year. Also, he was banned from the role of captaincy of any team for a lifetime.
Steve Smith- Australia
Ban period- 1 year
Reason- Ball Tempting Scandal, 2018
At that time, Australia captain Steve Smith himself admitted that he had complete information about the ball tampering plan but he still did not stop him. In this case, Smith was banned from one year ban and two years of captaincy. However, he made a comeback and again emerged as an important player of the team.