Former official Rajan Nayer, a former official in the Zimbabwe cricket administration, has been suspended by International Cricket Council (ICC) from all cricket activity for 20 years after he accepted a charge of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. "Nayer, the Treasurer and Marketing Director of the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association was charged with the following three offences under the Code for approaching Zimbabwe Captain Graeme Cremer," an ICC release said.

Nayer, the Marketing Director and Treasure of the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association, accepted the charges against him which included the violation of Article 2.1.1, 2.1.3 and 2.14, which comply as 'being party to an effort to fix', 'offering a player US $30,000 to fix' and 'directly solicited, induced, enticed or encouraged a player' for fixing.

"I welcome the result of the investigation and the substantial sanction imposed upon Mr. Nayer. It is important that the seriousness of his offences were reflected in the length of ban," Alex Marshall, General Manager - ICC ACU, said.

The former ZC official had approached Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer to influence the outcome of the game prior to the Windies Test series in October, 2017. Nayer accepted the charge of 2.1.4, which if breached leads to an ineligibility of a minimum of five years and a maximum of a lifetime. The punishment will date back to the original suspension date - January 16, 2018 and will end on January 16, 2038.