Waqar Younis, Shahid Afridi to appear before ICC's spot-fixing tribunal
The International Cricket Council has asked the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 to appear in the spot-fixing hearing, which will begin from the 6th of this month. The hearing will look into the matter of spot-fixing involving
three Pakistan players, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-c88163 Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif.
The coach and skipper required the permission of the Pakistan Cricket Board before taking part in any hearing and according to latest media reports; the PCB has gladly allowed the duo to participate in ICC's legal proceedings.
A statement released by the PCB read, “Both of them (Waqar and Shahid) will appear before the ICC Tribunal either in person or through teleconference depending on their convenience and subject to their professional commitments." The statement added, “The
PCB is also keen to assist the ICC anti-corruption tribunal in determining in a fair and just manner the truth behind the serious allegations being made against the three Pakistan players.”
Since the trial would be held from 6th to 11th of this month, skipper Afridi who has retired from the five day format of the game will be available as Pakistan will be playing in a Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 from the 7th
of January. However, coach Younis will be in New Zealand during this time.
The tribunal would most likely ask the pair about their statements that they gave to the ICC’s anti-corruption unit regarding the suspected involvement of the three Pakistan players in the spot-fixing debacle in England.
Last week, their statements became public when they were published in a Pakistan daily. According to that news report, Waqar was quoted to have said that he was shocked by Amir’s no-ball and had confronted the bowler after he bowled the infamous delivery.
Waqar said, “I was so surprised by the delivery that when we went back into the dressing room at the end of that morning session I said to Amir in Punjabi, 'What the h**l was that?' But before Amir had the chance to answer my question, Salman interrupted from
across the dressing room, saying: 'I told him to do it because the batsman was coming on the front foot. I told him to come forward and bowl him a bouncer."
Furthermore, Afridi had stated that the players seemed guilty when their rooms were raided by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 Yard. “They (tainted trio) told me that they had done nothing wrong, to which I replied: 'If you have done nothing wrong, there is no need to feel
guilty.”
Meanwhile, ICC has also informed the accused players' lawyers about this latest inclusion of Younis and Afridi as witnesses in the trial.
The trio will have to prove their innocence during the hearing in Doha, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qatar-c2986 if they want to escape from a possible life ban from all formats of cricket.
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