Pakistan's Wasim Akram is to appeal against official sanctions imposed following a match-fixing inquiry so he can clear his name before retiring.

Wasim denies that he wants to return as captain

The veteran all-rounder was fined and prevented from holding the Pakistan captaincy after he was judged in 2000 by the Justice Malik Qayyum commission to be "not above suspicion".

The one-man commission of the Lahore High Court recommended a life ban for former captain Salim Malik.

It also recommended fines for Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul Haq, Saeed Anwar and Mushtaq Ahmed, saying they had not told the entire truth during the inquiry.

Wasim denied, though, that his motivation was a desire to lead Pakistan in next year's World Cup.

"I hope when I file my appeal it is successful and I can then decide to retire peacefully with my name cleared," he said.

"I am not hungry for the captaincy. I had decided to appeal against the sanctions some months back."

We will not provide him any technical or moral support in his appeal PCB spokesman

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Wasim has informed them of his intentions.

"To appeal against the recommendations is his basic and fundamental right, but we will not provide him any technical or moral support in his appeal," spokesman Samiul Hasan said.

Wasim, who led his country in three different terms between 1993 and 2000, claimed he had suffered physically and mentally as a result of the sanctions.

"It is a hurt which refuses to go away," he said.

"These allegations have been hell for me and my family in the last few years, and during this period of stress and tension I also became diabetic."