ICC asks lawyers of suspended Pakistan players M. Amir, M. Asif and Salman Butt to return evidence
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked the lawyers of the suspended Pakistan trio to return the proofs that had been handed over to them during the appeal hearing held in the ICC Headquarters,
Dubai last month.
The lawyers of (ex) Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and sensational teenage pacer Mohammad Amir were provided with evidence about the involvement of the trio in the spot-fixing scandal during the Lord’s
Test in August this year. The confidential information was leaked to Pakistani television channels. Recently, a leading channel in Pakistan put on air some text messages purportedly exchanged between the then Test captain of Pakistan, and the illegal bookmaker
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed, who is at the centre of the spot-fixing controversy embroiling Pakistan cricket.
The episode started on 29th of August this year when a British tabloid named
News of the World claimed in its Sunday edition that the new ball pair of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif, were paid by Majeed to deliver some deliberate no-balls. Following the claims, Amir and Asif along with Salman Butt were provisionally
suspended by the International Cricket Council on 2nd of September.
Both Amir and Butt lodged appeals against suspension and attended the hearing in Dubai last month – Asif, the third suspended player, withdrew his appeal just a week before the hearing. In the appeal hearing,
Amir was represented by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aftab-Gul-c42202 and Khalid Ranjha.
The appeals of both the players were dismissed by Michael Beloff, the head of the ICC’s Code of Conduct Commission. After the dismissal of appeals in Dubai, the trio will now appear before an independent
anti-corruption tribunal of ICC in Doha, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qatar-c2986 from January 6-11.
The legal representatives of both the players were given evidences and after their leakage into the media, the ICC has requested the lawyers to return the proofs back to the governing body. One of the players’
lawyers confirmed that the governing body has asked for the evidences to be returned, adding that the replies to the request are in the process of being drafted.
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