United Arab Emirates’ Qadeer Ahmed Khan has been handed a five-year ban from all cricket after the quick bowler admitted to six breaches of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code, the governing physique mentioned on Wednesday.
Khan, 35, was charged and provisionally suspended in October 2019 for a sequence of breaches when UAE performed Zimbabwe and Netherlands earlier that yr.
The ICC mentioned Khan, who has performed 21 restricted overs video games for UAE, failed to disclose approaches that quantity to corrupt conduct and disclosed inside data that is likely to be used for betting functions. He was additionally charged with failing or refusing to cooperate with an investigation and in addition obstructing or delaying the investigation by concealing related data.
“Qadeer Khan is an experienced international cricketer who has received anti-corruption training. He should have avoided the people he knew were corrupt and reported any suspicions immediately,” ICC basic supervisor Alex Marshall mentioned.Â
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“He has accepted he did wrong and requested an agreed sanction in place of a tribunal. His five-year period of ineligibility is a reflection of the seriousness of his breaches and the number of charges. He has accepted responsibility for his actions and expressed regret for those he has let down.”
The ban is backdated to October 16, 2019.
