Sydney Sixers terminate contract with Umar Akmal

SYDNEY: Sydney Sixers has cancelled contract with Pakistani middle-order batsman Umar Akmal's a day after he was allowed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play the series.

The PCB on Monday had allowed Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal and Umar to play in the Twenty20 series after initially refusing permission. Afridi, however, had cancelled his contract with Big Bash expressing his willingness to play the domestic series.

Sydney Sixers said that Umar's contract was cancelled because the player had a contract of five matches but he was only allowed to play one or two matches.