Ata-ur-Rehman

Ata-ur-Rehman (; born 28 March 1975) is a Pakistani cricketer who played in 13 Test matches and 30 One Day International (ODIs) between 1992 and 1996. A lanky right-arm fast medium bowler with good line and length and the ability to move the old ball, Ata-ur-Rehman was only 17, when he made his international debut for Pakistan on their 1992 tour of England. His last appearance for Pakistan came in an ODI against England at Edgbaston on 31 August 1996.

Match fixing allegations and the Qayyum Commission

In 1998 Ata-ur-Rehman claimed that Wasim Akram had paid him 100,000 Pakistani rupees to bowl badly in a one-day match held at Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 1994.

As a result of the Qayyum Commission Ata-ur-Rehman was proceeded against for perjury and when it published its report in 2000 the Commission recommended that he be banned from international cricket, further finding that the evidence against Wasim Akram has not reached what it called "the requisite level", primarily because Ata-ur-Rehman had perjured himself. Qayyum himself subsequently suggested that his "soft corner" for Wasim Akram might have influenced him when handing the former Pakistan captain his punishment.

Subsequent career

Ata-ur-Rehman's life ban was lifted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in November 2006.

On 11 June 2013, Ata signed a deal with Nottinghamshire Premier League side the West Indian Cavaliers, signing on until the end of the season. In March 2014, Ata joined Kearsley Cricket Club in the Bolton Cricket League in Lancashire, a club he had previously represented as a professional some years earlier.