Afghanistan's Shafaq handed six-year ban for corruption

FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's Samiullah Shinwarai (L) and Shafiqullah Shafaq celebrate the wicket of Bangladesh's Shuvagoto Hom Chowdhury during their gold medal cricket match at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

(Reuters) - Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq has been hit with a six-year ban after he accepted four charges of breaching their Anti-Corruption Code, the country's cricket board (ACB) said on Sunday.

The charges relate to offences during the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League (APL) T20 in 2018, where Shafaq played for the Nangarhar Leopards, and the 2019 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), where he represented Sylhet Thunder.