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Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal's 18-month ban over corruption charges was reduced to a year, the Court of Arbitration for Sports said Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The verdict from the Lausanne-based body will likely come as a relief for the troubled batsman with a history of disciplinary issues that has earned him a string of fines and bans during his career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But the court also hit Akmal with a hefty fine of 4.25 million rupees ($26,800) over his role in the incident.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was suspended last year after he failed to report details of a match-fixing approach made to him during meetings with alleged bookies. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disciplinary committee banned him for three years in April over the incident.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, the ban was later reduced to 18 months in July by an independent adjudicator. Pakistan cricket authorities hoping for a further reduction filed an additional appeal over the case to the CAS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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"It's a big relief for Umar," the cricketer's brother Kamran told. "He wants to play cricket and return to the field."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The PCB said Umar would be eligible to compete again after completing a rehabilitation programme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Akmal emerged on the international cricket scene with a hundred in his first Test in New Zealand in 2009. He has so far played 16 Tests, 121 one-day internationals, as well as 84 Twenty20 internationals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

But his career has been bridled by disciplinary problems, including an arrest after scuffling with a traffic warden in 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The batsman was also sent home after he failed a fitness test ahead of the 2017 Champions Trophy in England and has been hit with various fines over the years.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cricketer-umar-akmals-18-month-ban-reduced-to-one-year.jpg", "alt_img": "Cricket Image for Umar Akmal's 18-Month Ban Reduced To One Year", "alt_title": "Umar Akmal", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Pakistani Cricketer Umar Akmal: Umar Akmal's 18-Month Ban Reduced To One Year On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal's 18-month ban over corruption charges was reduced to a year, the Court of Arbitration for Sports said Friday.\r\n\r\n", "seo_keywords": "Umar Akmal", "tag": "", "tagging": "Umar Akmal,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "umar-akmals-18-month-ban-reduced-to-one-year", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "3149", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2021-02-26 14:36:38", "updated": "2021-02-26 16:33:56", "img_from": "Umar Akmal (Image Credit - AFP)", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Umar Akmal ban, Umar Akmal Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal", "livescore_text": "", "livescore_link": "", "btn_text": "", "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "12", "jio_date": "2021-02-26 14:36:38", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2021-02-26 14:36:38", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/umar-akmals-18-month-ban-reduced-to-one-year-72095" }