Pakistani cricketer Nasir Jamshed pleads guilty In bribery case
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani cricketer Nasir Jamshed has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe other players to spot-fix in a Twenty20 match, media reports said.
Nasir has represented Pakistan in international matches.
Nasir Jamshed, 30, from Walsall, in the West Midlands, was the target of bribery but then acted as a go-between, encouraging others in return for money, reported BBC.
During the hearing, the Pakistani cricketer changed his plea during his trial at Manchester Crown Court.
He will be sentenced on Friday.
Last week Yousef Anwar, 36, of Littlebrook Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, and Mohammed Ijaz, 34, of Chippingham Road, Sheffield, admitted conspiring to offer bribes to professional cricketers, ahead of their trial at the same court., reported BBC.
Prosecutor Andrew Thomas QC said that as part of a National Crime Agency investigation, an undercover police officer infiltrated the network by posing as a member of a corrupt betting syndicate, reported the British media outlet.
That led to the uncovering of an attempted fix in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in 2016 and an actual fix in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in 2017, with opening batsmen agreeing to not score runs from the first two balls, reported the news outlet.
A LeftHanded batsman, Nasir was banned from the sport for 10 years following an investigation by the Pakistan Cricket Board's anti-corruption unit last year.
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