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 | | Tuesday, 13 November, 2001, 18:02 GMT ICC looks to extend fixing bans  Jadeja could be penalised for playing in the US The International Cricket Council is looking to extend bans on Ata-ur-Rehman and Ajay Jadeja - both found guilty of match-fixing - to cover more than just international matches. All-rounder Rehman has played domestically in Pakistan and in English club cricket for the past two seasons despite having been handed a life-ban from the international game. The ruling body also wants further action against former India one-day captain Ajay Jadeja, who received a five-year ban from all cricket in December but played in the United States in August and September. The ICC's disciplinary arm - the Code of Conduct Commission - will review whether the ban on Rehman was appropriate and whether alternative sanctions could be imposed, the Bloomberg news agency reported. Commission chief Lord Griffith decided last year to leave a decision on Rehman's ban to the Pakistan Cricket Board. Should he change his decision, he could order the national boards involved to ban the pair from their domestic game. Perjury The PCB said it stopped short of a blanket ban on Rehman at the recommendation of Justice Malik Qayyum, who that investigated whether Pakistani players accepted bribes from bookmakers. Rehman told Qayyum under oath that teammate Wasim Akram paid him 100,000 Pakistani rupees ($1,650) to bowl badly in a one-day match in New Zealand in March 1994.
Former captain Salim Malik was banned for life and six players were fined. Rehman, who appeared in 13 Tests and 30 one-day internationals, played for Allied Bank in seven of the nine rounds of this season's Patrons Trophy, a competition between Pakistan departments. "I cannot possibly change Justice Quyyum's ruling to encompass domestic cricket,'' PCB Chairman General Tauqir Zia said. "Everyone is happy for Rehman to be playing first-class cricket; his department wants him to play so I see no problem.'' Rehman has also been the professional at English club Blackburn Northern for the past two seasons and is contracted for next year. "As it stands I don't have a problem with Rehman's participation for Blackburn as he's allowed to play,'' Ribblesdale League vice-president Brian Woodhead said. "If the England and Wales Cricket Board rule otherwise, it would be different.'' Ajay Sharma, had his English club contract terminated after becoming one of five Indian cricketers banned for life for match-fixing. Holiday transgression The ICC has also asked the disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India to penalise Jadeja further. While on holiday in the US, Jadeja played two matches for Hollywood in California, even though he is currently not allowed to represent any club of an ICC affiliate or associate such as the United States of America Cricket Association. The club was fined and lost the points it won when Jadeja was in the team. "The ICC is concerned and disappointed that a cricketer banned for involvement in the corruption scandal has knowingly ignored the terms of his ban by playing recreational cricket,'' ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said. | |
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