Summary The hearing was conducted at the National Cricket Academy.
LAHORE (Dunya News/AFP) – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) adjudicator has on Wednesday rejected Khalid Latif’s plea that the cricketer had filed against his suspension, but relieved him of Rs one million fine.
The hearing was conducted at the National Cricket Academy.
PCB had banned right-hand opening batsman Khalid Latif for five years, and fined one million rupees in the spot-fixing scandal that marred during the second edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Latif played for Islamabad United in the super league, and all six allegations that were levelled against him under PCB’s anti-corruption code had been proven.
Latif, 32, was charged with orchestrating a deal with a bookie that would see his fellow opener Sharjeel Khan deliberately playing two dot balls -- deliveries off which no run is scored -- in the opening match against Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai.
Spot-fixing involves determining the outcome of a specific part of a match rather than the overall result, and is therefore harder to detect than match-fixing.
Sharjeel was also banned for five years -- two and a half years suspended -- and his appeal was rejected last November.
Paceman Mohammad Irfan and spinner Mohammad Nawaz were banned for one year and two months respectively for not reporting fixing offers.
Another former opener Nasir Jamshed -- alleged to have played a role as coordinator in the PSL fixing deal -- was banned for one year for not cooperating with the inquiry.
The decision against another international player, Shahzaib Hasan, was reserved and will be announced on Saturday.
Pakistani cricket has long been tainted by allegations of spot-fixing.
The most infamous incident came on the 2010 tour of England, when then-captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were all given prison sentences for consiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in the fourth Test at Lord s.
