Ata-ur-Rehman (cricketer)
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Full name | Ata-ur-Rehman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lahore, Punjab , Pakistan | 28 March 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 123) | 4 June 1992 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 8 August 1996 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 86) | 4 December 1992 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 31 August 1996 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2017 |
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Match fixing allegations and the Qayyum Commission
In 1998 Ata-ur-Rehman claimed that Wasim Akram had paid him 100,000 Pakistani rupees to bowl badly in a one-day match held at Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 1994.[2]
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As a result of the Qayyum Commission Ata-ur-Rehman was proceeded against for perjury and when it published its report in 2000 the Commission recommended that he be banned from international cricket, further finding that the evidence against Wasim Akram has not reached what it called "the requisite level", primarily because Ata-ur-Rehman had perjured himself.[4]
Some reports suggest that the feeling persisted that Ata-ur-Rehman and the former Pakistan captain
Subsequent career
Ata-ur-Rehman's life ban was lifted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in November 2006.[3]
Ata represented Derbyshire in four Second XI Championship matches during 2007 while looking to resurrect his career in county cricket. He spent the 2009 season playing for Widnes in the Cheshire County Cricket League. He also played for Hem Heath CC in 2010 where he showed a very competitive spirit scoring plenty of runs, and taking a lot of wickets.
In 2004, he was running a sports goods shop in Lahore.[7]
On 11 June 2013, Ata signed a deal with Nottinghamshire Premier League side the West Indian Cavaliers, signing on until the end of the season. In March 2014, Ata joined Kearsley Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League in Lancashire, a club he had previously represented as a professional some years earlier.
See also
- List of cricketers banned for match fixing
References
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Banned Rehman seeks club comeback", BBC, 15 December 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Bowler's match-fixing ban revoked", BBC, 4 November 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ Premachandran, Dileep. "Malaise in Pakistan team can be traced to money, or the lack of it", The Guardian, 29 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- Cricinfo, 12 January 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
- ^ Chopra, Dinesh. "Remember Ata-ur...", The Times of India, 25 March 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2010.