Irfan Ahmed

Irfan Ahmed is a Pakistani-born international cricketer who has played six One Day Internationals for Hong Kong. Playing as an all-rounder, he made his debut against Pakistan on 24 June 2008.

Career

In January 2016, Ahmed was provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council after a breach of their Anti-Corruption Code. In April the same year, the ICC suspended him for two years and six months, following his admission to the charge. In October 2018, he was charged with a further nine offences under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, along with his brother and team-mate Nadeem Ahmed and Haseeb Amjad, another teammate, for match- or spot-fixing. In August 2019, the ICC banned him and Nadeem Ahmed for life from all forms of cricket. Haseeb was banned from all cricket for five years. The majority of the offences related to matches played by Hong Kong against Canada and Scotland during the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in New Zealand.