Pakistan's Nasir Jamshed charged with bribery in spot-fixing probe

MANCHESTER – Pakistan’s disgraced batsman Nasir Jamshed has been charged in Britain with bribery offences as part of an investigation into spot-fixing in cricket, Britain’s National Crime Agency said on Thursday.

Jamshed was banned for 10 years in August by an anti-corruption tribunal for his part in the spot-fixing scandal that engulfed the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in 2017.

The NCA said in a statement that Jamshed, along with British nationals Yousaf Anwar, 35, and Mohammed Ijaz, 33, were arrested in February 2017 as part of an investigation into spot-fixing in tournaments arranged by national cricket boards in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Three men have been charged with bribery offences as part of the NCA investigation into #cricket match spot-fixing in tournaments organised by boards in #Pakistan and #Bangladesh. Read more: https://t.co/Y5YlQGCzpL pic.twitter.com/JuuCi7OvcR

— NationalCrimeAgency (@NCA_UK) December 20, 2018

The three men will appear at Manchester magistrates' court on January 15 each charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery.

Spot-fixing refers to illegal activity in a sport where a specific part of a game is fixed, unlike match-fixing, where the whole result is fixed.

Jamshed played two Tests, 48 one-day internationals and 18 T20s for Pakistan until 2015.

In October, a Pakistan cricket tribunal upheld a 10-year ban on the former opening batsman over his role in various fixing scandals that hit the Pakistan Super League.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/nasir-jamshed-handed-10-years-banned-on-spot-fixing-charges/

Batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif have been handed five-year bans for their role, while paceman Mohammad Irfan and all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz received shorter suspensions.

Three Pakistan players were involved in a spot-fixing scandal during a 2010 Test in England.

An English court subsequently sentenced Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt to jail terms, with the players also given five-year worldwide bans from cricket.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/fast-bowler-muhammad-asif-family-injured-in-road-mishap/

Mohammad Amir has since returned to the Pakistan team and is in the squad currently on tour in South Africa.