A PCB official told Reuters that Hameed had been disciplined after telling an undercover reporter from the British newspaper that Pakistan players had been involved in spot-fixing.

Hameed, 32, told the PCB that he had been trapped by the newspaper and had talked to the reporter under the impression he was a businessman who wanted to sign him for an endorsement deal.

Former test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been banned for a minimum of five years after they were found guilty of spot-fixing by an International Cricket Council anti-corruption tribunal.