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SPORTS EXCLUSIVE: BRENDAN TAYLOR ADMITS TO MATCH FIXING

By Staff Reporter

Former Zimbabwe National cricket team captain, Brendan Taylor faces a lengthy ban from cricket after he revealed that he delayed reporting a case of match fixing in which he was approached by an Indian businessman.

According to his official statement on twitter, Taylor met the businessman in October 2019 after he was asked to discuss sponsorships and the potential launch of a T20 competition in Zimbabwe.

The former chevrons captain claims that he was blackmailed with a video in which he was captured on camera taking cocaine before getting 15 thousand United States dollars as advance payment for spot fixing.

It however took him four months to report the matter to the International Cricket Council with Taylor claiming that he wanted to protect his family.

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