West Indies international Devon Thomas suspended following corruption charges

Thomas has received seven charges under the ICC's anti-corruption code, relating to the Lanka Premier League, Abu Dhabi T10 League and CPL

West Indies international Devon Thomas has been provisionally suspended from cricket after receiving seven charges under the ICC's anti-corruption code.

Four of the charges, including "contriving to fix matches", relate to his involvement in the 2021 Lanka Premier League, where he made just one appearance for Kandy Warriors.

A further two charges relate to the 2021 Caribbean Premier League while the remaining charge is linked to his time with Pune Devils in the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Thomas has earned 34 caps for West Indies since making his debut in 2009, featuring in one Test, 21 ODIs and 12 T20Is.

The 33-year-old's most recent international outing came in December 2022, when he made his Test debut against Australia, while he had recently been named in West Indies' squad for an upcoming ODI series against UAE.

^{Thomas in white-ball action for West Indies in 2022 [Randy Brooks/Getty Images]}

The full charges are as follows:

Article 2.1.1 of the SLC Code - contriving or being party to an agreement to fix or attempt to fix, contrive or influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspects of matches in the Lanka Premier League 2021.   

Article 2.4.4 of the SLC Code – failing to disclose to the designated anti-corruption official, without unnecessary delay, full details of an approach or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct in the Lanka Premier League 2021.

Article 2.4.6 of the SLC Code - failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with the designated anti-corruption official's investigation by failing to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the designated anti-corruption official.

Article 2.4.7 of the SLC Code – obstructing or delaying the designated anti-corruption official's investigation into corrupt conduct, including (without limitation) concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence of or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct.

Article 2.4.4 of the ECB Code – failing to disclose to the designated anti-corruption official, without unnecessary delay, full details of an approach or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct at the Abu Dhabi T10 2021.

Article 2.4.4 of the CPL Code – failing to disclose to the designated anti-corruption official, without unnecessary delay, full details of an approach or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct in relation to the CPL 2021.

Article 2.4.2 of the CPL Code – failing to disclose to the designated anti-corruption official (without unnecessary delay) the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or benefit (a) that he knew or should have known was made in order to procure a breach of the CPL Code, or (b) could have brought the player or the game of cricket into disrepute.

In a statement, Cricket West Indies said: "CWI is not directly involved in the process but remains firm in denouncing corruption in cricket, and fully supports the ICC ACU in its efforts to uphold the integrity of the sport."