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The CA Integrity Department: Former Sri Lankan men’s cricketer Dulip Samaraweera has been banned from holding any positions in Australian cricket for 20 years following an integrity investigation, where he was found to have committed a serious breach of the Code of Conduct.

Samaraweera, who played seven Tests and five ODIs for Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1995, was facing an investigation after being accused of alleged historic conduct relating to a female player. He initially joined Cricket Victoria as a specialist batting coach in 2008, before being named as interim head coach of the women’s side in November last year.

"The Conduct Commission found that Samaraweera engaged in inappropriate behaviour that breached section 2.23 of CA’s Code of Conduct. The allegations of inappropriate conduct took place while Samaraweera was employed by Cricket Victoria (CV).