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Pakistan's Sharjeel in 5-year spot-fix ban

The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned Test batsman Sharjeel Khan for five years for spot-fixing.

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Pakistan Test cricketer Sharjeel Khan has been banned for five years for spot-fixing. (AAP)

Test cricketer Sharjeel Khan has been banned for five years for spot-fixing.

The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) anti-corruption tribunal has backdated the ban to February 10, when Sharjeel was first suspended during the Pakistan Super League.

The 28-year-old was sent home from the United Arab Emirates with Islamabad United teammate Khalid Latif.

Half of Sharjeel's sentence will be suspended if he goes through the PCB's rehabilitation process.

"We are going to appeal against them," said Sharjeel's lawyer Shaigan Ijaz. "We are objecting to the decision because we believe three serious charges have not been proven."

Sharjeel stood with his lawyer during a news conference but didn't take any questions.

Sharjeel faced five charges of breaching the PCB's anti-corruption code. He was found guilty on all five counts by the tribunal and was handed the minimum punishment.

The three-member tribunal was headed by retired Lahore High Court judge Asghar Haider, with ex-PCB chairman Tauqir Zia and former Pakistan captain Wasim Bari as its members.

PCB legal adviser Tafazzul Rizvi said the verdict showed the cricket board had solid evidence against the batsman.

"He (Sharjeel) is found guilty and, with this, our case against the player stood vindicated," Rizvi said. "The judgement is a proof that all the evidence was strong enough against player."

Rizvi also said the suspended sentence didn't mean the player could return to cricket immediately after completing half of his punishment.

"There is a lengthy process of rehabilitation which has to be followed," he said.

Sharjeel made his Test debut against Australia in January and scored 44 runs. He made 812 runs in 25 ODIs and 360 runs in 15 Twenty20 internationals.


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