Salman Butt determined to fight charges against him
Banned http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricketer Salman Butt has stated that he will not run away from the criminal charges which were made against him by the London Police.
He said that he will head to England in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 2011 to face those charges.
On 4 February, 2011, Crown Prosecution Service had charged Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif of accepting payments to commit wrongdoings.
One day after the charges made by the CPS, the three-man International Cricket Council tribunal handed a 10-year ban to Butt. However, the former Pakistan captain said that he will challenge the ban in higher courts.
The 26-year-old stated, “I don't agree with the sanctions imposed by the International Cricket Council in Doha and I will also be going to London to challenge the case made against me by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard in the Crown Prosecutor's office.”
The left-handed opener also claimed that his career was far from over and even if his ban was not reduced, he will return to cricket after serving it out.
Butt’s sentence includes 5 suspended years. This means that if he mends his behaviour, those 5 years will be reduced and he might return to cricket by 2015.
Many former cricketers and experts claimed that Butt’s career will be over even if he returns to cricket at the age of 31. However, Amir’s age may help him make a comeback to the national team after he serves his ban.
Butt disagreed with the criticism made on him and said that he has been a part of international cricket for the past seven years, which will make it easy for him to return to cricket at any stage. Butt said that he was well aware of what to do in order to
stay fit for competitive cricket.
While the players believed that bans on them were too harsh, many former cricketers said that the ICC had missed out on an opportunity to eliminate corruption completely from cricket.
Former English captain Michael Vaughan stated that the trio should have been banned for life to set an example for all the youngsters playing cricket.
Much has been said for and against the tainted players but with the evidences against them, chances of getting any leniency are very grim.
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