The 32-year-old has been found guilty of fixing a CB40 match in 2011. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Former Sussex player Naveed Arif, who has also played first-class cricket in Pakistan, was banned for life by the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday, which has come as a shock for his erstwhile domestic teammates.
The 32-year-old has been found guilty of fixing a CB40 match in 2011.
“It’s unbelievable to see Arif getting banned for fixing,” one of his Sialkot Stallions teammates told The Express Tribune. “He was a quiet person who kept to himself, and he seemed like the last person to get involved in this menace.”
Arif will be unable to play, coach or participate in any form of cricket recognised by the ECB, the International Cricket Council or any other national board.
“Arif pleaded guilty to six breaches of the Code, all of which related to corrupt activity in connection with the CB40 fixture between Sussex and Kent at Hove in August 2011,” said the ECB.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2014.
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