An independent adjudicator upheld the 10-year ban imposed on Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed for his involvement in a spot-fixing scandal which rocked the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
The 28-year-old was one of six players sanctioned by an anti-corruption tribunal with the batsman being handed a 10-year ban this August.
“The independent adjudicator has found the ban was ‘perfectly justified’ and shall continue to remain in force,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.
“Our point was proved and accepted by the tribunal, and they found him guilty on multiple charges,” PCB’s lawyer Taffazul Rizvi was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
“Even if he returns after rehabilitation, he is not allowed to be engaged in any cricket management role and will be kept him away from cricket. We also suggested his name be added in a list of persons mentioned in anti-corruption lectures who are to be avoided by the players. So this all ends here.
📰 Nasir Jamshed's 10 year ban upheld by independent adjudicator https://t.co/DdkOX6D58x
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) October 22, 2018
“There are some cases which don’t make you happy despite you winning it. This is one such. Because a player has destroyed his career due to spot-fixing and failure to report approaches,” he continued.
The batsman had initially been handed a 12-month ban in December last year for failing to cooperate with investigative authorities.
In August, the PCB’s anti-corruption tribunal found Jamshed guilty of five breaches of the anti-corruption code following which he was handed a 10-year ban.
The left-hander has so far played two Tests, 48 ODIs and 18 T20s for Pakistan with his last appearance for the men in green coming in March, 2015.
Apart from Jamshed, the other players implicated in the PSL spot-fixing row are Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz and Khalid Latif.
