Lahore: An independent adjudicator on Friday extended the ban on Pakistan’s World T20-winning opener Shahzaib Hasan from one year to four on appeal from the country’s cricket board. 

Hasan, 28, was banned in February this year after being found guilty of not disclosing a fixing offer to the anti-corruption unit of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He was also fined Rs one million rupees ($8,200). 

The PCB had appealed the length of the ban, saying it was too lenient. “The independent adjudicator Justice (retired) Hamid Hussain has accepted (the) PCB’s appeal and lifted the ban to four years while upholding the fine,” the Board’s legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said. 

Agencies