#cricket canada

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ICC Suspends Cricket Canada's Membership Over Corruption, Governance Failures and Match-Fixing Links

Cricket Canada / ICC

2 June 2026

The ICC suspended Cricket Canada's membership with immediate effect on 2 June 2026, following "serious breaches of membership obligations" exposed by a CBC Fifth Estate documentary that alleged match-fixing links to the Lawrence Bishnoi criminal gang, systematic selection interference, governance failures, and a cover-up by the Cricket Canada board. Canadian national teams were permitted to continue playing in ICC events; an ICC normalisation committee was appointed to oversee reinstatement.

#Cricket Canada#ICC#suspension

🚨Serious

ICC Freezes Cricket Canada Funding for Six Months Over Governance Failures

Cricket Canada

12 May 2026

ICC suspended six months of funding to Cricket Canada over governance failures and financial misreporting — 63% of their total revenue.

#Cricket Canada#ICC#funding freeze

🚨Explosive

ICC ACU Probes Canada vs New Zealand — T20 World Cup 2026 Fixing Allegations

Canada vs New Zealand

10 April 2026

The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit opened a formal investigation into Canada's 2026 T20 World Cup group-stage fixture against New Zealand after a 10 April CBC documentary, "Corruption, Crime and Cricket", aired allegations of match-fixing and broader governance failure inside Cricket Canada. The probe centres on the fifth over of New Zealand's chase, bowled by Canada captain Dilpreet Bajwa — who had been appointed only three weeks before the tournament — and on a recorded telephonic conversation involving former Canadian coach Khurram Chohan.

#T20 World Cup 2026#ICC#Anti-Corruption Unit

🚨Serious

Khurram Chohan Recording — Cricket Canada Coach in T20 WC Fixing Probe

Cricket Canada

10 April 2026

The CBC documentary 'Corruption, Crime and Cricket' broadcast on 10 April 2026 included the existence of a recorded telephonic conversation involving former Cricket Canada coach Khurram Chohan that the documentary's producers said was relevant to the ACU's match-fixing probe. CBC declined to publish the full audio in the broadcast, citing legal and procedural reasons; the recording has been provided in full to ICC officials.

#Cricket Canada#Khurram Chohan#T20 World Cup 2026

🚨Serious

Pubudu Dassanayake's Cricket Canada Selection-Pressure Claim

Cricket Canada

10 April 2026

Former Cricket Canada coach Pubudu Dassanayake claimed on camera in the CBC documentary 'Corruption, Crime and Cricket' that he had been threatened by Cricket Canada with contract termination if certain players were not selected. The claim is the third strand of the documentary's allegations against Cricket Canada governance and points at administrative interference rather than at on-field fixing.

#Cricket Canada#Pubudu Dassanayake#selection pressure