LAHORE
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mso-ansi-language:EN-ZA;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">– Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all representative cricket for three years after a disciplinary panel on Monday found him guilty of breaking his country's anti-corruption codes.
Akmal pleaded guilty to failing to report details of corrupt approaches made to him ahead of this year’s PSL.
Akmal, a 29-year-old right-hander who has played in 200 internationals across three formats of the game since 2009, was charged last month with two unrelated breaches of the Pakistan Cricket Board's Anti-Corruption Code.
The clause under which Akmal was found guilty relates to a failure to inform authorities about approaches to engage in corrupt practices, including match-fixing or spot-fixing.
"He cannot play cricket at any level now. The detailed verdict will be issued by the panel later," a PCB spokesman said.
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— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) April 27, 2020
Reuters