Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Aamer files appeal against five-year ICC ban
Pakistan’s pace bowler Mohammad Aamer has filed an appeal against a five-year ban against him in the International Court of Arbitration for Sports (ICAS) in Switzerland.
Aamer’s lawyer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-c89347 Karim hopes his client will win the case against the punishment imposed on him by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this month. “I am hopeful for a positive outcome of the appeal,” he said. He argued that the ICC’s anti-corruption
tribunal had not taken into consideration Aamer’s young age and past record before slapping the five-year ban.
Earlier this week, fellow pacer Mohammad Asif had also pledged to contest his seven-year ban in the ICAS. He hoped to make an early return to international cricket after getting his ban lifted. “I am very disappointed with the verdict of the tribunal in
Doha early this month. I am determined to clear my name and restart my international career. I love playing cricket and feel pride to represent my country,” he said.
Aamer, along with former captain Salman Butt and pacer Mohammad Asif, was banned from all forms of cricket after the anti-corruption tribunal found the three sportsmen guilty of spot-fixing in a hearing in Doha, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qatar-c2986. Though the hearing took place last
month, the verdict was made public on 5th February, banning Butt for 10 years, Asif for seven and Aamer for five years.
The players got in trouble last August when a sting operation conducted by a British tabloid ‘News of the World’ uncovered their close ties with a bookmaker, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed. The bookmaker was seen taking money from an undercover journalist to pay the trio
perform according to his wishes.
After Amir and Asif bowled cricket history’s most controversial no-balls in the Lords Test against England, the evidence was leaked by the tabloid. The release of the video evidence ran havoc in the cricket world. The players were immediately barred from
taking part in the rest of the series.
Later, the ICC set up an anti-corruption tribunal to hear the spot-fixing case. The hearing took place for six days during which evidence against the players was presented and their lawyers defended their clients. However, the tribunal decided that the evidence
against the players was solid enough to prove their involvement in the crime.
According to the terms of their punishment, the players are banned from all forms of cricket sanctioned by the ICC or its affiliate cricket boards. However, they can take up private jobs even if they are related to cricket.
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