The ICC and Cricket West Indies (CWI) filed charges under their respective anti-corruption laws. All three face charges related to the Bim10 tournament, which are subject to the CWI Anti-Corruption Act. Griffiths was also charged with additional offenses related to international competition under the ICC Anti-Corruption Act.
Rathod faces three charges under the CWI code, Searles faces four charges under the CWI code, while Griffith faces four charges under the CWI code and one charge under the ICC code.
The three were charged with:
- Violation of Article 2.1.1 of the CWI Code: Being a party to (or attempting to do so) a contract or effort to modify, devise or improperly influence in any way the outcome, conduct, conduct or other aspect of the 2023-24 Bim10 Tournament play;
- Violation of CWI Rules Section 2.1.4: Soliciting, instructing, encouraging or encouraging players and/or player support personnel to commit offenses under the CWI Rules.
- Violation of Section 2.4.4 of the CWI Rules: Refusal or failure to cooperate with a reasonable investigation conducted by a designated Anti-Corruption Officer (or his/her designee) in relation to a possible offense under the CWI Rules.
Searles and Griffith were further charged with breaching CWI Rule 2.4.2. This concerned a “failure to disclose to Cricket West Indies details of any approach or invitation to engage in conduct which constituted a breach of the CWI Rules”.
Griffiths was additionally charged under Article 2.4.7 of the ICC Code with “obstructing the ACU’s investigation into possible corrupt conduct by concealing and/or falsifying information that may be relevant to the investigation, constitute evidence, or could lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct.”
All three have 14 days from March 11, 2026 to respond to the charges.
The ICC added that it would not comment further while disciplinary proceedings were ongoing.
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