India, Sept. 4 -- Pakistan cricketer Haider Ali has been declared not guilty and cleared of wrongdoing in an alleged rape case in the UK, after Greater Manchester Police confirmed to Pakistan news agency Geo News that there was not enough evidence to carry forward the case.

Ali was arrested at the Spitfire County Ground in Kent in early August, after a report made to the Greater Manchester Police which alleged sexual assault by the 24-year-old batter. Ali was then provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board and detained in the UK, but is set to be released by the GMP and the UK's Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) due to a lack of proof.

Ali was held under investigation after a British-Pakistani woman had filed a report which ac...