Odumbe is set to appeal against the ban

Corruption in cricket remains a real threat, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council warned.

Malcolm Speed was speaking after former Kenya captain Maurice Odumbe was banned for five years for taking bookmakers' money to fix matches.

Speed said after the publication of the Justice Ahmed Ebrahim report: "It is sobering reading for everyone.

"It highlights that the risk of corruption remains very real and everyone must be alert to the dangers."

Odumbe has become the first cricketer since 2000 to be handed a ban for cricket corruption.

Justice Ebrahim's report said Odumbe had admitted receiving money for fixing a match in Zimbabwe.

In his report, Ebrahim said of Odumbe: "He has been callous and greedy in the way he has conducted himself.

"The evidence, if anything, shows him living a lifestyle of pleasure and irresponsibility.

"He has not indicated any intention to mend his ways.

"Instead he has chosen to cast doubts on the honesty and integrity of people who have despaired of his behaviour."

Kenya will now have to replace Odumbe in their 14-man squad for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in England.

Odumbe, 35, said he plans to appeal, adding: "I am shocked and surprised, but life has to go on."

His lawyer, Ishan Kapila, described the ruling as discriminatory.

"This decision is unfair and ridiculous and a breach of the national justice. We'll appeal to every available forum," said Kapila.

Odumbe has played 61 one-day internationals for Kenya and captained the team to a famous World Cup victory over West Indies in 1996.