After CAS reduces ban to 12 months, Umar Akmal returns to competitive cricket

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal will be able to resume his cricket career after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) reduced his suspension to 12 months and imposed a fine of 42.50 lakh Pakistani Rupees on him for breaching the Anti-Corruption Code.

The CAS announced its decision in a consolidated order on the appeals filed by Umar and the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Umar was initially suspended from all cricket activities on February 20 last year for not reporting approaches made to him for spot-fixing in



the Pakistan Super League.

On Friday, the PCB said that Umar will now be eligible to reintegrate into competitive cricket subject to deposits of fine, which adds up to Rs 19.62 lakh in Indian currency, and undergoing the program of rehabilitation under the PCB Anti-Corruption Code.

Umar was banned for three years by PCB’s Anti-Corruption Tribunal in April last year but he appealed the decision and an Independent Adjudicator, Justice (read) Fakhir Muhammad Khokar reduced the ban in late July to 18 months.