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| December 16, 2005 | Friday | Ziqa’ad 13, 1426 |
Ata wants ban lifted
KARACHI, Dec 15: Pakistan pace bowler Ataur Rehman, banned for life for his part in an international match-fixing scandal, has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to allow him to play as a professional in England.
Ata, 30, was given a life ban in 2000 for committing perjury during an 18-month match fixing inquiry. “A high court judge has cleared me and said in his order that the ban on me should be lifted. I have asked the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB and the ICC to now allow me to play as a professional in England,” Ata said.
“I am a British citizen now but I am not getting any contract from any league or county club because they say first I must get clearance from the ICC.”—Reuters
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