ICC says charged Pakistan players have ‘arguable case to answer’
The three http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 players charged by the ICC under its Anti-Corruption Code have a “really arguable case to answer” according to the chairman of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, Sir Ronnie Flanagan.
Speaking at a news conference today, Flanagan told reporters that all charges brought against Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir relate to last month’s Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s, and that the players and their legal representatives know the full details of the charges.
The ICC, however, isn’t about to share those details with the world at large, with Flanagan telling reporters that it would not be right for the ICC to put the specific detail of the charges in the public domain.
Flanagan did, however, state that all the charges relate to Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
Butt, Asif and Amir could be banned from cricket for life if they are found guilty of the charges brought against them by the ICC. All three have been provisionally suspended from cricket pending outcome of independent tribunal hearing into the charges.
The two pacemen and Test captain Butt have been implicated in an alleged spot-fixing scam (revolving around three no-balls bowled at allegedly pre-determined points in the Test at Lord’s) reported in the News of the World last weekend.
According to the ICC, there was no tipping point that that caused the ICC to bring the charges against the three players yesterday, but the decision to act came as a result of the culmination of their investigations.
The ICC declined to comment on the specifics of the evidence that led to the charges, or on the likelihood of criminal charges being brought against the players.
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