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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned for a period of three years from all forms of cricket on corruption charges the country’s cricket board on Monday. Umar Akmal handed three-year ban from all cricket by Chairman of the Disciplinary Panel Mr Justice (retired) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan. — PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) April 27, 2020 The PCB officials had charged the 29-year-old middle-order batsman in two separate cases for failing to report corrupt approaches in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 5. His last appearance for the national side was against Sri Lanka in October 2019. Akmal has played 16 Tests, 121 ODIs and 84 T20s for Pakistan.

Pakistan's Right-handed batsman Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal have been selected to the ODI and T20 squads for the West Indies tour later on this month. The uncapped 21-year-old wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan , has been added to the squad as a backup of Akmal. ODI squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal (wk), Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar Amin, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Irfan, Asad Ali, Abdur Rehman, Haris Sohail Twenty-20 squad : Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal (wk), Ahmed Shehzad, Hammad Azam, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Umar Amin, Junaid Khan

The Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal has signed the reigning Champions League and Big Bash League trophy holders, Sydney Sixers . Akmal will play the first three BBL matches. Akmal said, " I jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the Big Bash League when the Sixers approached me. " The sydney sixers have also signed Daniel Hughes from New South Wales.

Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal has been fined for ignoring both on-field umpires. He has been fined 50 percent of his match fee during World T20 2012 semi-final against Sri Lanka in Colombo. The both umpires were Simon Taufel and Rod Tucker. The match referee, Jeff Crowe said: " In this incident, Umar showed blatant disregard to both the umpires' requests, which was offensive and unacceptable from an international cricketer and contrary to our unique spirit, hence a level two charge was laid." "Respect for the umpires is integral and is something which we always emphasise and encourage," Crowe said. "Umar, when pleading guilty, apologised and regretted his action. " It was happened in the second innings of the 17th over when Akmal was at the non-striker's end.

Pakistan recall Umar Akmal to test squad, while former captain Shoaib Malik has not been selected for test series against England in the United Arab Emirates starting from 17 Jan in Dubai. In addition, Left arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz and Junaid Khan have been selected for the test series. Test Squad : M Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Taufeeq Umar, Younus Khan, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Misbahul Haq (capt), Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Wahab Riaz, Abdur Rehman and M Talha