Mohammad Amir Cross Examined by the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal
Mohammad Amir, the Pakistani fast bowler who has been suspended by the ICC for spot-fixing allegations, is being cross-examined by the ICC anti-corruption tribunal in Doha.
According to the sources, on fourth day of the hearing; the ICC lawyers as well as the lawyers of Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif sought answers of their questions from the 18-year old bowler. The purpose was to carefully analyze the basis and the truth of
his stance on the case.
After Amir, it is now Asif’s turn to go through the procedure to prove his innocence.
Earlier, according to a reliable source, the former skipper Salman Butt had to go through a harsh round of grilling amid the blunt questions posed by the ICC lawyers and the lawyers representing Amir and Asif. His cross-examination came to an end on Sunday.
There has been news that in order to defend themselves, both the fast bowlers have adopted the stance that they were simply following their skipper’s orders when they, in an attempt to bowl fast deliveries, bowled the questionable no balls at Lords against
England.
Besides the spot-fixing accusations, the suspended trio has been charged for violating the ICC anti-corruption and security unit clauses.
Among the three players who have been suspended, Butt is perhaps under greatest pressure. This is not only because he was the captain of the team when the spot-fixing allegations prevailed while playing against England, it is also because he was the closest
to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed, his agent c*m bookmaker, who was caught on camera by the News of the World team.
According to the sources in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board, the biggest concern of the officials at the moment is Amir because he proved himself as a prodigious talent for the Pakistan national team. While sharing his views on the extent of the time span of the
ban on the young bowler, a source at PCB said, “The feeling is that even if Amir gets a two-year ban it would mean he would be available for Pakistan at the relatively young age of 20 as his sentence should start from the time the ICC provisionally suspended
the trio on September 2nd last year.”
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