Umar Akmal is a former Pakistani cricketer who represented the country between 2009 and 2019. The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned him for eighteen months for not disclosing offers related to spot-fixing. On August 1, 2009, Akmal made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Sri Lanka, on August 12, 2009, he made his Twenty20 … Read more
Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has rejected Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) request to conduct the hearing of Umar Akmal’s case outside Switzerland. PCB had requested that the hearing should be held in another country and not in Switzerland. According to sources, the purpose of holding the hearing at another venue was to reduce the … Read more
Umar Akmal’s appeal will be heard on June 11 by former Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar. The case will be heard against a three-year ban imposed on Umar Akmal for failing to report to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about his two meetings with match-fixers before the start of the 5th Pakistan … Read more
