Yasir Hameed pays the price for speaking to an undercover tabloid reporter. —Photo by AFP
Yasir Hameed pays the price for speaking to an undercover tabloid reporter. —Photo by AFP

LAHORE: Test batsman Yasir Hameed has been punished by the Pakistan Cricket Board for giving a controversial interview to a British tabloid, DawnNews reported on Thursday.

PCB slammed a Rs.300,000 fine on the opening batsman and barred him from participating in the current domestic season, after he gave an interview to British tabloid News of the World last summer.

In the secretly recorded interview, Hameed appeared to have agreed with the undercover reporter’s claims about Pakistani cricketers’ involvement in spot-fixing and match-fixing scandals.

Hameed expressed disappointment at the board’s action and said he had already apologised to the authorities for his actions.

The 33-year-old batsman last played for Pakistan during the Lord’s Test against England in August 2010.

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