The Court of Arbitration for Sport had reduced the ban on Umar Akmal to 12 months but hit him with a fine of Rs 4.25 million for breaching the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption code.
The batsman filed the appeal with the CAS after an independent adjudicator of the Pakistan Cricket Board reduced his ban from three-years to 18 months.
CAS said the case between Brenton Rickard and the International Olympic Committee was heard by video link. The court did not set a timeline for a verdict.
Originally, Umar Akmal was banned for three years by a one-man disciplinary panel of the board after he failed to report two approaches to spot-fix matches in the Pakistan Super League
Umar Akmal was banned for three years by a one-man disciplinary panel of the PCB after he failed to report two approaches to spot-fix matches in the Pakistan Super League
Last month, the three-year ban initially handed to Umar Akmal for failing to report corrupt approaches was reduced to 18 months on "compassionate" grounds by an independent adjudicator
In the initial judgment, CAS highlighted Manchester City's "failure to cooperate" but the full 93-page document shed further light on how the club successfully overturned a two-year ban from European competitions imposed by UEFA