Umar Akmal

Kamran Akmal offers to pay fine imposed on brother Umar to help him start rehabilitation programme

Umar, 30, has not played any cricket since February, 2020 when he was suspended by the PCB for not reporting spot-fixing approaches made to him before the start of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches.

PCB rejects Umar Akmal's claim of financial struggles, tells suspended Pakistan batsman to pay fine in full

Paying the fine would pave the way for him to return to cricket after serving a ban for breaching clauses of the Anti-Corruption code.

Umar Akmal says he did not report spot-fixing approach as it would not remain confidential

Umar Akmal was initially banned for three years from all cricket activities last year for not reporting approaches made to him for spot-fixing in PSL. The Court of Arbitration for Sports has reduced the ban to 12 months.

CAS reduces ban on Pakistan's Umar Akmal to 12 months, imposes fine of $27,000

Akmal was suspended in February 2020 for failing to report details of corrupt approaches made to him just before the start of the fifth Pakistan Super League.

CAS reserves verdict on Umar Akmal's appeal against three-year ban by PCB

Umar Akmal filed the appeal with the CAS after an independent adjudicator of the Pakistan Cricket Board reduced his ban from three-years to 18 months.

CAS turns down PCB's request to conduct hearing on Umar Akmal's ban in Dubai

The source said the PCB has now requested for the hearing to be held through a video link, but the CAS is yet to respond.

Court of Arbitration for Sports asks PCB, Umar Akmal to submit written arguments within 20-day period

The PCB had approached the CAS, appealing against the reduction of a three-year ban on Umar Akmal, while the batsman in a counter move filed an appeal against his overall ban and wants it removed.

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal files appeal in CAS in bid to overturn 18-month ban from sport

Umar was banned for three years in April by a one-man disciplinary panel of the board after he failed to report two approaches to spot-fix matches in the Pakistan Super League in February.

Pakistan Cricket Board to file appeal with CAS against reduction of ban on tainted batsman Umar Akmal

In July, the three-year ban initially handed to Akmal for failing to report corrupt approaches was reduced to 18 months on compassionate"grounds by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar.

Banned Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria accuses PCB of double standards after Umar Akmal’s sentence gets halved

The likes of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt, who too were found guilty of spot-fixing like Kaneria, have been allowed back into the PCB fold.