Former opener Nasir Jamshed was banned by the Pakistan board for 10 years on Friday on multiple charges of spot-fixing. The decision brought an end to a 16-month investigation into the fixing scandal that rocked the Pakistan Super League.

Jamshed was described as the ‘lynchpin’ of the scandal that tarnished the image of the Twenty20 tournament in only its second year in 2017.

“Today’s decision against Jamshed wraps up the fixing saga and the tribunal has banned him for ten years on multiple charges,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said in a footage shared by the PCB on Twitter.

Jamshed was earlier banned for 12 months in December last year after he was found guilty of not co-operating with a tribunal investigating allegations of spot-fixing.

This year he faced five more charges related to fixing. According to Rizvi, it was “a matter of sadness that another player has spoiled his career.”

Opener Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz have also been given bans of varying lengths.

Jamshed played two Tests, 48 ODIs and 18 Twenty20s for Pakistan. He hit three consecutive one-day centuries against India in 2012.

His career came to standstill during the 2015 World Cup where he was found to be overweight.

Jamshed and his lawyer Hasan Warraich rejected the charges. Rizvi said Jamshed will not be allowed to hold any office even after the expiry of his ban.