Shahzaib Hasan (pictured, centre) has become the fifth cricketer to be charged with breaches of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Anti-Corruption Code. In a statement, the PCB said that Hasan would have until 18 May to respond to charges that he had breached Articles 2.1.4; 2.4.4; and 2.4.5 of the Code, which relate to facilitating match-fixing and failing to report a suspicious approach.

On 10 February, the PCB provisionally suspended Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif on charges of violating its Anti-Corruption Code. On 15 February, it provisionally suspended Nasir Jamshed on similar charges and on 14 March, Mohammed Irfan was provisionally suspended for failing to report a suspicious approach. Hasan was provisionally suspended on 20 March.

All five have now been officially charged. Irfan has been sanctioned with a one-year ban after admitting the charges against him. Khan, Latif, and Jamshed are understood to be contesting the PCB’s charges.