Appeal filed against Mohammad Asif’s conviction – Cricket News Update
An appeal has been filed against jailed Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif’s conviction for spot-fixing, by his lawyer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Shah-c2298 Sukul.
“His appeal against his criminal convictions has been filed in the Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal and is expected to be heard by that court within the next two months or so,” Sukul confirmed.
“Once that appeal is heard, we expect to expedite the appeal against Asif’s ban in the Court of Arbitration of Sports.”
Asif was charged with spot-fixing, along with teammate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 tribunal
handed him a 7-year ban, and 2-year suspension, following which he was tried at the Southwark Crown Court last October, and handed a 1-year prison sentence in November 2011.
“I believe he is not guilty and I took the case because of the serious risk of injustice to both Asif and the game of cricket. The grounds of appeal argue that the convictions are unsafe.”
“He has been keeping himself fit through regular exercises,” Sukul said, adding that Asif was aiming to make a comeback to international cricket and resurrect his career.
The 29-year-old is no stranger to controversy, having previously been tested positive for steroids twice, and kept in detention for three weeks after he was found to be in possession of a recreational drug. The spot-fixing scandal followed soon after and
Asif’s career, spanning 38 ODIs and 23 Test matches, was cut short.
The convictions meted out to the Pakistani trio were only the beginning of a recent tide of revelations which have taken the cricket world by storm. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 pacer Mervyn Westfield was also convicted earlier this year for bowling no-balls during a county cricket
match, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Lance-Cairns-c50906 defended himself against allegations of match-fixing and corruption in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League, of which he was officially cleared earlier this week.
In addition, a report published in the British newspaper Sunday Times, revealed that corruption was rampant in the game, with bookies admitting that fixing took place on a regular basis, in everything from county cricket to lucrative franchises such as the
IPL.
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