UMAR AKMAL GETS THREE-YEAR BAN

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal was banned for three years from all forms of cricket on Monday for failing to report corrupt approaches before this year’s Pakistan Super League. The ban was announced by the chairman of PCB’s disciplinary committee, retired Justice Fazal-e- Miran Chauhan. Akmal decided to represent himself at the hearing at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore on Monday, while the PCB was represented by its legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi. Akmal could appeal against the ban within 14 days of Justice Chauhan issuing the detailed sentence. Akmal was provisionally suspended on Feb 20, before he was due to represent Quetta Gladiators in the PSL’s opening game at Karachi.