Former Pakistan cricketer Nasir Jamshed pleads guilty in UK bribery case

Former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed pleaded guilty on Monday to a conspiracy to bribe fellow cricketers as part of a Twenty20 spot-fixing coup. Jamshed, 33, had originally denied being involved in a plan focused on Pakistan Super League but changed his plea during a court hearing in Manchester. Two or men, Yousef Anwar, 36, and Mohammed Ijaz, 34, admitted last week to offering financial advants to PSL players with intention of inducing m to perform improperly by failing to play competitively in good faith.

An undercover police officer had uneard evidence

All three will be sentenced on a date to be fixed in February. Prosecutors told court an undercover police officer had uneard evidence by pretending to be a member of a corrupt betting syndicate. policeman's efforts n led to discovery of an attempted fix in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) late in 2016 and an actual fix in PSL in February 2017. In both cases, an opening batsman in Twenty20 tournaments had agreed to t score runs from first two balls of an over in return for payment.

Jamshed was said to be target of bribery in Bangladesh before turning perpetrator as a go-between urging or players to spot-fix in a PSL match between Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi in Dubai on February 9. Britain's National Crime ncy (NCA) said later on Monday Anwar and Ijaz had developed a system by which y would charge $39,450 per fix with half of sum going to player.

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'Tackling corruption and bribery in its various forms is a priority of NCA'

Ian McConnell, NCA's Senior Investigating Officer, said: "se men abused ir privileged access to professional, international cricket to corrupt games, eroding public confidence for ir own financial gain. "Tackling corruption and bribery in its various forms is a priority for National Crime ncy. "We will vigorously pursue those involved and target ir illicit profits which are so often used to fund furr criminality." Spot-fixing involves rigging a specific aspect of a game on which bookmakers have offered odds, unlike match-fixing, where whole result is fixed. Jamshed has played Test, one-day and Twenty20 international cricket for Pakistan.

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