Pakistan Cricket Board requests the International Cricket Council to review ban on Amir
The chairman of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675.
Talking about the 5th February spot-fixing verdict, he said, “As the Anti-corruption tribunal has asked for a review on the code of conduct, we too have requested the ICC to have a review on the five-year ban on Amir."
However, Butt didn’t want anyone to have high hopes and admitted that there were slim chances of the ban getting reduced or even reviewed by the cricket’s governing body. “There is one out of million chance as the final decision would rest with the ICC," he
suggested.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qatar-c2986, last month in a six-day hearing. The lawyers of the players were given adequate opportunity to plead the innocence of their clients during the
trial. The whole hearing took place behind closed doors and no information was leaked to the media regarding the trail.
Rumours at that time suggested that the ICC had enough evidence against the players to impose life bans on them from the game of cricket. However, there were some reports in the media which suggested that Amir because of his age may be excused by the tribunal.
However, the tribunal headed by Michael Beloff QC made the verdict public by banning Test skipper Butt for ten years, pacer Asif for seven and Amir for five years respectively.
The verdict received appreciation from most cricketing nations because it had shown ICC’s commitment in rooting out corruption from the sport. However, it was criticized by the players. Amir and Butt announced that they would challenge the tribunal’s verdict
after consultation with their lawyers.
The 18 year old Amir expressed his utter disappointment over the ruling and reiterated that he had not expected such a verdict against him.
Now for five years Amir cannot take part in any cricket related activity and there is no guarantee that he would be picked again for the national team after five years when his ban ends. The ban has most certainly ended the careers of left-handed opening
batsman Salman Butt and pacer Mohammad Asif.
The trio was charged for taking money from a bookmaker named http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The scam was unearthed by a local British tabloid “News of the World” which had video footage
showing the bookie taking money and assuring an undercover journalist of the delivery of the said no-balls. The footage suggested that the meeting had indeed taken place before the match.
The players were then provisionally suspended by the ICC which barred them from taking part in the remaining matches of the tour. An anti-corruption tribunal was then setup which ultimately decided the career ending fate of the trio.
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