Pakistan Cricket Board, on Thursday (February 8), formally charged opening batsman Nasir Jamshed for five breaches of their Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (“the Code”). Jamshed, who is already serving a one-year ban for non-cooperation with the board in the ongoing investigation regarding the spot-fixing scandal in the second edition of the Pakistan Super League, now has 14 days to respond to the Notice of Charge.
“The Pakistan Cricket Board has today issued a notice of charge to cricketer Nasir Jamshed, wherein he has been charged with multiple violations of Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4 and 2.4.4 of the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code for Participants (“the Code”),” a PCB statement read. “Nasir Jamshed now has fourteen (14) days to respond to the notice of charge.”
Jamshed has earlier been charged with breaching article 2.4.6 and article 2.4.7 of the Anti-Corruption code, which includes “obstruction and non-cooperation” during the inquiry. In February, the 27-year-old was arrested in the UK and later released on bail soon after the corruption scandal of the T20 tournament broke out. Jamshed, who was not part of the PSL, was subsequently provisionally suspended by PCB over alleged breaches of the board’s anti-corruption code.
Jamshed was one of five players who came under the scanner of the anti-corruption unit following the spot-fixing scandal and was subsequently handed a punishment by the PCB. Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were handed five-year bans for their involvement while Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz were banned for 12 and two months respectively for their failure to report corrupt approach.
“PCB remains resilient in its fight against corruption in cricket. Upon action initiated by PCB the Anti-Corruption Tribunal has already banned two Cricketers, namely Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif, after they were found guilty on all charges of Corrupt Conduct alleged against them. The convictions of both Cricketers were subsequently upheld on appeal by an Independent Adjudicator,” the statement further read.
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