Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been handed an eight-year ban from all cricket for breaching ICC's Anti-Corruption Code. The 47-year-old accepted five charges levelled against him for his role as the coach of Zimbabwe between 2016-2018 and as the coach of various franchises, including for the Kolkata Knight Riders during IPL 2018 and the Kabul Zwanan during APL 2018.

During the Tribunal hearing, one of the factors that went in favour of Streak was that his offences did not affect the outcome of the relevant matches. Streak will be free to resume his involvement in the game on 28 March 2029.

Streak's charges include "disclosing inside information...(that) may be used for betting purposes" during matches in the 2018 Tri-Series involving Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Zimbabwe v Afghanistan series in 2018, the Indian Premier League 2018 and the Afghanistan Premier League 2018. Additionally, Streak was found to have "facilitated or attempted to facilitate the introduction of four different players, including a national captain" to someone who could have approached them to get insider information for betting purposes.

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