(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – The Pakistan Cricket Board has formally charged Nasir Jamshed, the former Pakistan opener, as part of its ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption in the 2017 Pakistan Super League. Jamshed has been charged with two violations of the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code, which deal, essentially, with obstructing and not cooperating with an investigation.
Jamshed, who is presently based in Birmingham, has 14 days to respond to the charges. The former batsman was arrested by England’s National Crime Agency [NCA] in February and is also being investigated by the agency as part of the same case.
Jamshed is alleged to have breached clauses 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 of the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Code, for “failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate” with a PCB investigation and “obstructing or delaying any investigation” of the board. Those charges stem from unsuccessful efforts the PCB claims to have made to try and meet or communicate with Jamshed – two officials were in the UK recently but were unable to meet him.
The board believes him to be a central figure in the corruption controversy that occurred during the second edition of the PSL and the possibility of laying further charges, said one official, has not been ruled out. Jamshed was arrested on the same day that he was provisionally suspended by the PCB, and was later released on bail.
