LAHORE: Umar Akmal did not seem prepared to show remorse nor did he seek an apology for failing to report corrupt approaches, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s disciplinary panel has observed in his detailed judgement after imposing a three-year ban on the temperamental batsman.
Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan submitted his detailed judgement to the Pakistan Cricket Board, which made it public on Friday on its official website.
Akmal was found guilty of two charges under the PCB Anti-Corruption Code, rendering him ineligible for cricket activities till February 19, 2023.
The 29-year-old has 14 days to appeal against the punishment of two three-year bans which will run concurrently and the PCB will appoint an independent adjudicator to hear it.
“It appears that he (Umar Akmal) is not prepared to show remorse and seek apology, make admission that he failed to fulfill his responsibility under Anti-Corruption Code…,” Justice Chauhan said in the judgement.
“…rather he tried to take refuge under the pretext that in the past whenever any such approaches were made, the matter was reported by him,” he said.
Akmal had earlier escaped a PCB ban in February for allegedly making crude remarks to a trainer during a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. (PTI)
