Pakistan batsman banned for five years

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:00

A Pakistan batsman has been banned from playing cricket for his involvement in a spot-fixing ring.

Khalid Latif, 31, has been suspended from the sport for five years by a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) tribunal.

He was fined Rs. 1m (£7,020) after being found guilty of fixing or taking a bribe to underperform, failing to disclose corrupt approaches and soliciting players into corrupt acts, as part of an investigation into fixing in the Twenty20 Pakistan Super League.

Latif has played five one-day internationals and 13 Twenty20 internationals for Pakistan.

Fellow Islamabad United batsman Sharjeel Khan was also banned for five years last month, with two and a half years of his ban suspended.

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