Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed faced another huge blow on Monday after a Pakistani cricket tribunal maintained a 10-year ban over his role in various fixing scandals that rocked the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He was one of the six players banned for multiple charges of spot-fixing, sanctioned by an anti-corruption tribunal in August for his role in the scandal.
“The independent adjudicator has found the ban was 'perfectly justified' and shall continue to remain in force,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.
The cricketer has been enmeshed in controversy since allegations broke he had effectively been a "lynchpin" who approached and solicited other players" in spot-fixing in PSL matches played in the United Arab Emirates.
Jamshed was also arrested by the National Crime Agency in England on spot-fixing charges but was later released on bail in February last year.
The 28-year-old has played two Tests, 48 one-day internationals and 18 T20s for Pakistan until 2015. His career nosedived during the 2015 World Cup where he was found overweight and mocked during fielding, managing just five runs in three matches.
The other players banned in the PSL spot-fixing tribunal were Sharjeel Khan (five years with two and a half suspended), Khalid Latif (five years), Mohammad Irfan (one year with six months suspended) and Mohammad Nawaz (two months, one suspended).