"PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan told AFP: "Under the process they will have to attend lectures, accept guilt at various forums, show remorse and give lectures to future players."

PCB said the players will not be able to use the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and will be barred from practising with players from the national team. In 2011, the International Cricket Council (ICC) banned Butt, Asif and Mohammad Amir for five years over a spot-fixing case happened during Pakistan's tour to England a year earlier.

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The three players — along with their agent Mazhar Majeed — were charged and later jailed for arranging deliberate no-balls in return for money during the Lord's Test against England.