Pak charges Jamshed in spot-fixing case

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket charged former Test batsman Nasir Jamshed on Tuesday with obstructing and failing to cooperate in an investigation into a spotfixing case which rocked their Twenty20 league. Jamshed, 27, is the fifth player charged in the scandal which saw a one-year ban — six months suspended — and a fine meted out to fast bowler Mohammad Irfan last month.

Three other players — Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif and Shahzaib Hasan — will fight the allegations before a three-member tribunal headed by a retired judge.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Jamshed, who was arrested in Britain in February and bailed until this month in the same case, was charged on two counts.

“Jamshed has been charged for violation of articles 2.4.6 (not cooperating with investigation) and 2.4.7 (obstructing and delaying investigation) of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code,” said a PCB statement.

The Pakistan Super League in February-March was hailed as a step towards restoring international cricket in Pakistan.

But on February 10 Sharjeel and Khalid were suspended for allegedly meeting a man linked to an international betting syndicate. Sharjeel was charged with accepting a fixing offer and not reporting it to the PCB’s anti-corruption unit. COA TO MEET BCB CHIEF NEW DELHI: BCCI’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) will meet with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon on Wednesday.

The meeting will be held to discuss the proposed constitutional reforms in the ICC as well as the revenue sharing model. BCCI has been opposed to the new model that has been agreed in principle and will come into effect after the ICC rolls back the earlier revenue sharing model and constitutional changes put in place in 2014. The ICC meeting to decide on that will be held later this month and India are looking for support from other boards like Bangladesh to oppose it. Papon is the key as he is part of ICC’s special working group that has proposed changes to the ICC’s Constitution and Financial models. Board’s top office-bearers, acting president CK Khanna, joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry, will not be taking part in the meeting, it was confirmed.

Meanwhile, BCCI’s Delhi office that was shut down after Anurag Thakur’s ouster by Supreme Court order, has been re-opened. Acting president CK Khanna will be operating from the President’s office.