Spot-fixing: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ehsan-Mani-c55791 suspects harsh punishments for trio
Former President of International Cricket Council, Ehsan Mani feels the suspended players will be handed severe punishments when the panel delivers its final decision on 5 February 2011.
When asked to speculate over the innocence or guilt of the suspended trio, Mani was sure the players will be severely punished.
“My gut feeling is that all the three will be harshly punished. However I will be very disappointed for Amir who is the best young talent around,” said Mani, the former PCB representative to the ICC.
The former ICC president from Pakistan also gave his backing to the Beloff-headed tribunal’s decision to defer final verdict.
The decision of the three-member independent tribunal to postpone the deliverance of final verdict was heavily criticised by various former cricketers and tribunal’s ability to deal with such a high profile case came under scrutiny. But
Mani, who was the ICC President from 2003 to 2006, declined the question marks over panel’s credentials.
“Anyone questioning the tribunal's credentials or impartiality is totally wrong,” said Mani. “All the gentlemen on the tribunal are men of great esteem and from the judicial background. I have no doubt over their ability to give a verdict
based on fairness and justice,” he added further.
The British lawyer, Michael Beloff and his team-members- Justice Albie Sachs of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 and Sharad Rao of Kenya- want to study all available evidences before delivering their final verdict over players’ future. Mani said that it is
good that the three-member committee is taking its time in reaching a decision.
Mani believes the outcome of the case will have a huge impact on international cricket so he has urged the tribunal not to hurry in pronouncing the decision on the spot-fixing case which started in August 2010 during http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s tour of England.
He also added that they will still be left with an option of approaching the Court of Arbitration for Sport so the panel must be cautious while compiling the final decision.
“It's a high profile case and the delay was expected. Not to forget that the players have a right to approach the Court of Arbitration for Sport also, therefore the tribunal wanted to take sufficient time to analysis all angles of the case,”
Mani added.
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