Umar Akmal

Akmal, 30, was suspended in February of last year for breaching Pakistan's anti-corruption code; the batsman was initially suspended for three years but that was cut to 18 months and now one year; PCB says Akmal can return subject to paying fine and attending rehabilitation programme Umar Akmal's 18-month ban for breaching Pakistan's anti-corruption code has been cut by six months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) making him eligible to return to cricket. Akmal was suspended in February 2020, hours

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal's three-year ban for failing to report corrupt approaches earlier this year was on Wednesday reduced to 18 months. Akmal's ban will effectively run from February 2020 to August 2021 after the 30-year-old's sentence was reduced by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar. The batsman expressed dissatisfaction with the ruling and vowed to appeal again. "There have been many cricketers before me who have committed corruption but none of them were given a punishment as severe as mine. I will appeal

Nine matches are done and dusted in the Qatar T0 League 2019 and Pearl Gladiators face the Swift Gallopers in the tenth game of the league. The Gladiators had their previous game against the Desert Riders rained out as the two teams shared a point. While the Gladiators are fifth on the points table the Gallopers are on the second position. The Gladiators are yet to make a proper start in the competition. The rained out game has actually pushed them quite far