The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned international spinner Asif Afridi fora period of two years from all cricket after he pleaded guilty as chargedfor two violations under the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code for Participants.
For the breach of Article 2.4.10, Mr. Afridi was handed a two-year periodof ineligibility, while he was given a six-month ban for the violation ofArticle 2.4.4. Both the periods of ineligibility will run concurrently andwill commence from the day of his provisional suspension, which commencedon 12 September 2022.
While reaching its determination on the sanction period, the PCB took intoconsideration the admission of guilt, expression of remorse, past trackrecord and Asif Afridi’s request that the PCB considers his casecompassionately, claiming he had unintentionally breached the Code.
Chair of PCB Management Committee, Mr Najam Sethi said: “It gives the PCBno joy to suspend an international cricketer for two years, but we have azero-tolerance approach towards such offences. As the game’s governingbody, we need to make examples, handle such matters robustly and send outstrong messages to all cricketers.
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“It is bitter fact that corruption poses a threat to our sport as selfishcorrupters lure cricketers in different ways and methods. That’s preciselywhy the PCB has been investing heavily on player education so that theyremain vigilant and can help the PCB eradicate this menace by reportingapproaches and if, despite all our best efforts to create awareness, aplayer falls victim to his greed, then the PCB has no sympathy.”
