This is beyond stupid. He went ahead with agreeing to contact them even after his agent had warned him. It is almost as if he knew what to expect and still went ahead and travelled to India, pretty much knowingly.Mr Taylor referred [Mr S] onto his agent, [Agent], although nothing arose from those discussions, other than [Agent] telling Mr Taylor not to waste his time with [Mr S] as he had a bad feeling about him.
Approaching ICC ACU and not revealing the complete story in one go is another action of extreme stupidity.In his initial report to the ACU, Mr Taylor made no mention of any discussion around corruption with [Mr S] at any point during the trip although he did mention the receipt of the US$ 15,000 on each occasion he spoke to the ACU. In his initial interviews, Mr Taylor stated that the $15,000 payment was effectively a payment for his services in travelling to India, basically an appearance fee. In subsequent interviews, however, Mr Taylor changed his story and accepted that while he had initially travelled to India believing that he would be paid an appearance fee of US$15,000, at the end of his trip when the payment was actually made to him, it followed a discussion around corruption and a request for him to be involved in corrupting matches in exchange for payment, with the payment being made as a deposit for his involvement in corruption.
So, Taylor loses 49 runs from his overall ODI run tally?disqualification of the individual results obtained by Mr Taylor in the Ireland v Zimbabwe ODI match played on 8 September 2021.