Spot-fixing tainted trio all set to leave for Doha, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qatar-c2986
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s suspended cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif will be leaving for Doha, Qatar today to take part in a hearing set up by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
While talking to the media on Monday, Amir’s lawyer Shahid Karim said, “The players are flying out tomorrow as the hearing begins from 6 January, and we need one day to settle down and be ready for the hearing."
The ICC’s anti-corruption tribunal will hold the hearing from the 6th to 11th of this month. The six-day hearing will give ample time to the defendants to argue their case in front of the three member ICC panel, which includes Justice
Albie Sachs (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kenya-c752).
After the hearing, the ICC tribunal will give its verdict regarding the future of the suspended players. The trio were charged for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing, after information leaked by a British tabloid ‘News of the World’. The tabloid’s
investigation showed the players’ agent http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed taking money from an undercover reporter, on the pretext of fixing certain deliveries in a Test against England, during Pakistan’s tour of England. Later in the match both Amir and Asif bowled deliberate
no-balls.
After this the players were immediately suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), and later by ICC from participating in the remaining matches of the series. Later the ICC suspended them for an indefinite period of time. After initial investigation,
the ICC decided to set up an anti-corruption tribunal to oversee a formal hearing of the spot-fixing case.
Last month Salman Butt, who captained the team in the suspected Test, requested the ICC to delay the hearing of the case because his lawyers needed more time to prepare a defence. He also wanted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard to submit all their findings related to the case
before the initiation of the hearing. However, Amir and Asif weren’t in favour of delaying the hearing, and didn’t back Butt’s request. The ICC refused to delay the proceedings by confirming that the hearing would proceed as scheduled.
Initially Butt had hired Pakistan’s high profile lawyers such as Aitzaz Ahsan and Khalid Ranjha. However, later the two quietly decided to walk away from the case. Now only Yasin Patel, a British lawyer, stands by Butt’s side and will be representing him
in the hearing.
The ICC has also summoned team coach Waqar Younis, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 and former security manager Khawaja Najam to appear in the proceedings as potential witnesses. The PCB has allowed the three individuals to take part in the proceedings of the hearing
either in person or through teleconference.
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