Cricket / Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed handed eight year ban for breaching ICC Anti Corruption Code

Cricket | The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned two United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricketers for eight years each after being found guilty of match-fixing. UAE's Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed were found guilty of breaching five of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Rules last year. He was accused of influencing the outcome of the match by taking money or gifts during the T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE in 2019. After this the ICC suspended him at the same time. But now he has been found guilty of match-fixing.

According to the report of Cricbuzz, both the cricketers were temporarily suspended by the ICC on 13 September 2020. The ICC said in a release that the Anti-Corruption Tribunal has found these cricketers guilty of five offenses and they have also confessed to their crime.

Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Amir Hayat has played cricket for the UAE. Hayat has played nine ODIs and four T20Is for the UAE, taking six wickets in 11 T20Is in ODIs. Ashfaq was also born in Lahore, Pakistan and played for UAE. Ashfaq has played 16 ODIs and 12 T20 matches for UAE. In ODIs, he has scored 344 runs at an average of 21.50 and 238 runs in T20Is.