India, Feb. 14 -- Bangladesh player Shohely Akhter received a ban of five years from all cricket matches after the International Cricket Council (ICC) found her guilty of match-fixing. She breached five provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, becoming the first female cricketer to get banned for corruption. The off-spinner, who represented Bangladesh in 13 T20Is and two ODIs, admitted to all the offences.

In the investigation by ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ICU), it was found that on 14 February 2023, prior to the Bangladesh vs Australia match in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023, Akhter contacted her friend and teammate (name not revealed) via Facebook Messenger, sending her voice notes in which she tried to persuade her to agree to...