Banned Pakistani trio to appear before British court in July
A British court has order banned Pakistani trio, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Services-c840 (CPS) for their alleged involvement
in spot-fixing scandals.
The trio did not appear in Southwark court for a hearing on May 20.
The three players were banned by the anti-corruption tribunal of the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) in February after corruption charges against them were judged to be true. Each player was granted a different period of punishment.
A British judge, James Sanders, have ruled that the trio will have to ensure their availability for the July hearing.
A news report reveals, “The judge has ordered in a note that the trio be presents in person, or, by video link for the preliminary hearing”.
Though the trial is set to open in July, the regular hearing will start on October 4.
The trio did not attend the May 20 hearing on the advice of their lawyer.
During a Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed, was found to be the spearhead
of corruption.
As per the report, Majeed accepted $242,000 to steer the players to underperform.
The three players allegedly delivered no-balls to garner defeat for their team. This was taken as a spot-fixing practice.
One of the three offenders, Butt, was leading the team in that match.
This scandal has brought great disrepute to Pakistan cricket. The image of both the board and the players has been tarnished.
However, Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 missed the trio greatly during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 campaign. A majority of Pakistanis and players believed that were the trio present in the team, Pakistan would have won the World Cup.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has now devised a code of conduct for the players and their agents in order to avert such type of corruption in future.
Some experts argue that the trio is unlikely to attend the July trial as they consider their punishment as unfair and unjust.
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