Ashraful banned for 8yrs, Gladiators owner 10yrs

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful and owner of Dhaka Gladiators team Shihab Chowdhury have been banned from all cricketing activities for eight and 10 years respectively for match-fixing during the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
A special tribunal that dealt with the allegations also banned New Zealnd player Lou Vincent and Sri Lankan Kaushal Lokuarachchi for three years and 18 months respectively.

In his 8-year-sentence, Ashraful might be suspended for the last three years over his satisfactory engagement in rehabilitationary works carried out by International Cricket Council (ICC), Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC), said Islam.  
Dhaka Gladiators owner Shihab Chowdhury also cannot be part of any cricketing activities for 10 years and he was fined with Tk 20 lakhs for his attempting to fix matches.
The tribunal also handed down 18-month sentence for Sri Lankan player Kaushal Lokuarachchi and three-year sentence for New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent on charge of failure to report the approach, made to them for fixing the matches, to the authorities concerned.
On January 19, the full hearing of the tribunal began against nine accused over the allegations brought by the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).

The three-member tribunal was headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice Khademul Islam. Justice Islam, former cricketer Shakil Kasem and Barrister Ajmalul Hossain attended the hearings.
The two organisations were hired by the Bangladesh Cricket Board ahead of the second edition.
The tribunal delivered the reason judgement on the charges on June 8.
It was learnt that the three-member tribunal was far from satisfied with regards to the charges brought up by the ACSU. A board insider informed The Daily Star, preferring anonymity, that the judgment questioned the manner in which some of the evidences was collected by the ACSU, some of which were based on hearsay.
Earlier, the six -- bowlers Mosharraf Hossain (Rubel) and Mahbubul Alam (Robin), former spinner Mohammad Rafique, English cricketer Darren Stevens, Gladiators owner Salim Chowdhury and CEO Gaurav Rawat -- of the nine charged by ACSU were acquitted on February 26 while two -- Mohammad Ashraful and Kaushal Lokuarachchi -- confessed to their wrongdoings earlier.

On June 4 last year, an hour before Ashraful sensationally confessed to spot-fixing, BCB temporarily suspended the player from all cricketing activities.
Dhaka Gladiators owner Shihab Chowdhury was the only one proved guilty by the tribunal. New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent -- who was not initially charged – confessed during the course of the investigation.