DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has found UAE playersMohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar guilty of offences relating to attemptedmatch-fixing during the 2019 T20 World Cup qualifying tournament.

The verdict follows a hearing by an independent anti-corruption tribunal,with the ICC saying in a statement that “the pair remain suspended andsanctions will follow in due course”.

The two are among UAE’s most experienced international cricketers. Anwar,now 41, is their highest run-getter across the ODI and T20I formats, and33-year-old Naveed their most prolific wicket-taker and a former captain.

Naveed and Anwar were charged under the ICC anti-corruption code in October2019, and suspended days before the start of the qualifiers in the UAE.Naveed, who was UAE’s captain at the time, was stood down from the post.