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The Pakistani Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday banned Umar Akmal for three years from all forms of cricket on corruption charges.
“Umar Akmal issued a three-year ban on all crickets by the Chair of the Disciplinary Panel, Mr. Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan,” PCB tweeted.
Umar Akmal delivered the three-year ban on all crickets by the Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel, Mr. Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan.
– PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) April 27, 2020
PCB Anti-Corruption officials accused Umar in two separate cases of failing to report on an approach he was made to detect fixed matches in season 5 of the Pakistan Super League (IPL).
Umar, who was provisionally suspended on February 20 and banned from playing at PSL for his Quetta Gladiators franchise, has been accused of violating Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code.
Article 2.4.4 of the code says: “Do not disclose to the PCB security and surveillance department (without unnecessary delay) full details of any approach or invitation received by the participant to engage in corrupt conduct under this Anti-Corruption Code.”
Umar had until March 31 to respond to the just cause notice sent to him by the PCB, but decided not to question it.
The PCB then referred the matter to the President of the Disciplinary Panel of Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, former judge of the Lahore High Court.
In February, Umar also escaped a PCB ban for allegedly making rude comments to a coach during an aptitude test at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.
He is the younger brother of former Pakistani bat fighter Kamran Akmal and a cousin of current Captain Babar Azam. Akmal, 29, who last played for Pakistan in October, has appeared in 16 tests, 121 ODI and 84 T20, scoring 1003, 3,194 and 1,690 runs respectively.
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