Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) on Saturday said it has imposed a five-year ban on a "fan" from the country's all cricket venues and events for trying to get an international player involved in a spot-fixing deal with an Indian bookmaker. (More Cricket News)
🍬The fan in question, 27-year-old Edward Walter Mupangano from Harare, had approached fast bowler Luke Jongwe last August and sought to introduce him to the Indian bookmaker.
🧜According to ZC, the bookmaker wanted the player to bowl in a pre-arranged manner during an international match in return for money.
♔Edward Walter Mupangano, a 27-year-old cricket fan from Harare who in the past also had playing trials with a local club, received the sanction after he approached Luke Jongwe on 4 August 2022 and sought to introduce him to an Indian bookmaker who allegedly wanted the player to bowl in a pre-arranged manner during an international match in return for a payment amounting to USD 7000," ZC said in a statement.
🏅"The facilitator himself would allegedly receive USD 3000 if the planned corrupt activity was successful."
⭕But Jongwe immediately reported the approach to the authorities, the board added.
🐻Following an investigation, Mupangano admitted to violating Zimbabwe Cricket's Anti-Corruption Code and was banned for five years from all ZC-affiliated cricket venues and events.
𝔍Jongwe, 28, has played one Test, 37 ODIs and 45 T20Is for Zimbabwe since making his debut in 2014.
