Former Sri Lanka fast bowler and coach Nuwan Zoysa has been handed a six-year ban on Wednesday from all formats of cricket after he was found guilty of match-fixing and failing to disclose corrupt approaches from a suspected Indian bookie.

 Zoysa was slapped with the ban after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching four counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, an ICC media release said.

The ban is backdated to 31 October 2018, when he was provisionally suspended, the release said.

Following full hearings and presentations of written and oral argument, the Tribunal found Zoysa guilty of  “Code Article 2.1 for being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspect(s) of an International Match”.

He was also held guilty for “directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any participant to breach the code”.

The ICC tribunal also pulled up Zoysa for failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct”.

The left-arm pacer, who turned out in 30 Tests and 95 ODIs for Sri Lanka between 1997 and 2007, was originally charged after his stint as Sri Lanka bwling coach in a T10 tournament organised in the UAE in 2017.

 Zoysa  was charged by the ICC on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB)  with breaching four counts of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code for Participants for T10 League.

Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager – Integrity Unit, said: “Nuwan played 125 matches for Sri Lanka, attending a number of anti-corruption sessions during a decade-long international career.

“In his role as a national coach, he should have acted as a role model. Instead, he became involved with a corrupter and attempted to corrupt others,” Marshall said.

“Contriving to fix a game betrays the basis of sporting principles. It will not be tolerated in our sport,” he added.