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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday suspended all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz for two months following investigations into spot-fixing allegations in relation to the Pakistan Super League, a press release issued by PCB said.
According to the PCB's statement, the suspension period could be reduced to one month if certain conditions are fulfilled by the all-rounder.
First among the conditions is the payment of a fine of Rs0.2 million to the PCB, the press release adds.
The suspension period may also be reduced if "there is no additional breach of the PCB Code by Nawaz."
Earlier this week, Nawaz was issued a Notice of Charge by the PCB's Security and Vigilance Department for violating Article 2.4.4 of the anti-corruption code.
Nawaz was charged on allegations that he had failed to inform the PCB's security department about invitations by bookies to engage in spot-fixing, the press release issued by the PCB on Wednesday said.
As criticism against the alleged corruption of Pakistani cricketers grew after the spot-fixing scandal during the Pakistan Super League, PCB had launched a crackdown in an attempt to eradicate the menace from the sport and put those found guilty to task.
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May 17, 2017 03:57pm
Ban the whole team. only then they will know
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May 17, 2017 04:10pm
Every young player is involve with bookies.... They should all be banned from cricket!!
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May 17, 2017 04:11pm
Such soft punishments will only invite more corruption from players. Ban them for life.
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May 17, 2017 04:14pm
So if he doesn't pay the fine the ban will not be reduced from two months to one month?? Now the question is was the money made from spot-fixing worth the two months ban? If the money was worth it then this 'punishment' by the PCB is a joke. Any practice of corruption in cricket should have an automatic one year ban. At the moment the message is crime pays.
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May 17, 2017 04:18pm
Why was Mohd Irfan not given the same option of fine ....he had the same allegation that he failed to inform PCB....what is going on..
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May 17, 2017 04:23pm
PCB making jokes with the recent corrupþion issues.
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May 17, 2017 04:27pm
Knowing very well the gravity of the punishment meted out to most of the cricketers for match fixing, still these cricketers are indulging in same offense MUST be banned for life .I regret very much why this cricketers mostly from Pakistan indulging in match fixing and further spoiling the image of Pakistan.
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May 17, 2017 04:54pm
What else can it do?
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May 17, 2017 04:56pm
mohammad nawaz is a top alrounder and he being banned for 2 months does hurt me... i think what he did was he just let his board that he was approached back in feb ... ICC and other nations are worried about Pakistan... aamir and asif were at top of the world both taken out by ICC cunning plan, just before the wc 2011 for 2 world cups and then just before wc 2015 they took out ajmal and hafeez as bowler and now just before champions trophy and westindian series Sharjeel is targetted and so is m irfan u have to look at the pattern why these things happen just before a big event ... anyway We are to be blamed for this... if we stay clean no one can touch us... ones making mistakes must be punished we bounced back from aamir asif blunder and we will come out of sherjeel mishap as well ... play fakhar zaman lets see how it goes we can create many sherjeels and many aamirs and many asifs no one is bigger than cricket itself so lets play fair game
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May 17, 2017 04:57pm
Two months with chances of reduction is too lenient. The offense is too serious, minimum punishment should have been six months suspension with no reprieve.
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May 17, 2017 04:58pm
Can't understand why there are different punishment to different players for the same offence. The difference in punishments between Sharjeel, Nawaz, Khalid Latif and Irfan in thhe current lot as well as between Kaneria and Aamir and Salim Malik are all different. strange is not it.
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May 17, 2017 05:14pm
The players should be given education that how to handle such situations. Young minds & the background matters. So PCB should handle this intelligently.
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May 17, 2017 05:26pm
@israr Other nations have nothing else to do except making conspiracies against Pakistan and its glorious players The whole world is so scared of performance of the Pakistani team that all countries want to keep Pakistan stay away from any tournament. Get a life.
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May 17, 2017 05:32pm
Penalty seems utterly soft. Should be banned for a year least, like Irfan.
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May 17, 2017 06:19pm
@SPEAK OUT The whole society is rotten to the core.
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May 17, 2017 06:20pm
@NKhan - *"Now the question is was the money made from spot-fixing worth the two months ban?"*
That's the thing. He is not banned for taking money. He was invited by the bookies for spot fixing which he apparently declined. But he failed to notify the concerned authority in the PCB about this "invitation". So he's banned for not notifying, not for taking money.
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May 17, 2017 06:24pm
PCB is not sure what to do. At one end zero tolerance life ban etc., and now 6 months 3 months 2 months 1 months
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May 17, 2017 06:53pm
I think PCB should frame a uniform policy on these issues, so that everyone is treated without any discrimination. I do not believe there is any conscpiracy theory to declare Pakistani players to keep them out.
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May 17, 2017 07:05pm
Should ban for life. So sick and shameful.
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May 17, 2017 09:39pm
For those asking for a life ban - the guy did not take any money from bookies, and did not meet any bookies. He was 'invited' to talk to bookies - an invitation he apparently did not accept. The punishment handed out to him is mainly for not telling PCB that bookies had tried to approach him. Makes no sense to hand out a life ban on that.
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May 18, 2017 12:17am
PCB is also accountable for lack of aawareness and reiterating rules before PSL. It is also failure of grooming programme for player. Executive responsibility demands that Mr. Shehryar and Mr. Sethi should either resign or be sacked. Kamran
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May 18, 2017 09:05am
@israr I totally agree. Part of a bigger conspiracy to derail Pakistan cricket by the powers in cricket.
Sethi should be removed as he's serving as a puppet for these masters.
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May 18, 2017 10:15am
Dual standards by PCB.
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