A UK-based club cricketer has been handed a 17-and-a-half year ban from the game at any level over match-fixing claims relating to the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League.
Rizwan Javed was accused of attempting to fix matches on three separate occasions, offering rewards to other players to engage in corrupt behavior and refusing to cooperate with the International Cricket Council investigation.
He was among eight players and officials charged by the ICC over the allegations in September last year, which included Bangladesh international Nasir Hossain.
Nasir received a two-year ban, with six months suspended in January.
"Rizwan has received a lengthy ban from cricket for his repeated and serious attempts to corrupt professional cricketers," ICC General Manager Integrity Alex Marshall said.
"The sanction imposed should send a strong message to other corrupters trying to target cricket at any level and demonstrates that any attempt to corrupt cricket will be strongly dealt with."
