{"id":7549,"date":"2024-09-20T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T07:38:02","slug":"dulip-samaraweera-banned-from-coaching-in-australia-for-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/dulip-samaraweera-banned-from-coaching-in-australia-for-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Dulip Samaraweera banned from coaching in Australia for 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sri Lanka International Test cricketer Dulip Samaraweera has received a 20-year prohibition from Cricket Australia for conduct that has been described as \u201cutterly reprehensible\u201d and he will not be allowed to hold any position within CA, the state associations, BBL or WBBL clubs during that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaraweera, 52, was found to have committed a serious breach of CA\u2019s Code of Conduct during his time as a Cricket Victoria employee with a CA Code of Conduct commission proscription him for 20 years following an investigation from CA\u2019s Integrity Department after complaints about his behaviour had been made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaraweera, who played seven Tests and five ODIs for Sri Lanka between 1993 and 1995, was a long-time Victoria women\u2019s and Melbourne Stars WBBL assistant coach before being raised to the Victoria women\u2019s senior coaching role earlier this year, only for him to resign just two weeks into the role after being denied an appointment he wanted to make to his staff due to the state\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The serious code of conduct breach was distinct from that issue. 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