Sri Lanka, May 2 -- The ICC has banned West Indies batter Devon Thomas from all cricket for five years. Thomas accepted breaching seven counts of the anti-corruption codes of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Thomas had been suspended for corruption in May 2023 when he was slapped seven charges, which included "contriving to fix" matches. The period of ineligibility is backdated to 23 May 2023, when he was provisionally suspended. Thomas accepted breaching the same seven charges of which four were from the SLC anti-corruption code, one from the ECB code, and two from the CPL code.

Calling the five-year ban a "period of ineligibility," an ICC release stated the "the last 18 ...