Former UAE captain Mohammad Naveed among 2 banned for 8 years over match-fixing attempts

Former UAE captain Mohammad Naveed batsman Shaiman Anwar Butt handed backdated 8-year bans by the ICC for trying to fix matches during T20 World Cup qualifiers in 2019.

Former United Arab Emirates captain Mohammad Naveed and batsman Shaiman Anwar Butt were on Tuesday slapped with 8-year bans by the International Cricket Council for their alleged role in trying to fix matches during the T20 World Cup qualifiers in 2019. Both Naveed and Anwar were provisionally suspended on October 16, 2019 and the bans are backdated to the said date for breaching the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code. Naveed, 33, has played 39 ODIs and 31 T20 Internationals for his country, while 42-year-old middle-order batsman Butt has played 40 ODIs and 32 games in the shortest format.