The three-man International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption tribunal who was hearing the case of the Pakistani trio, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Amir and Salman Butt for allegedly involved in the spot fixing of Lord's Test England last year. The tribunal charged the three for being guilty of spot fixing in the test and banning Salman Butt for ten years, Mohammad Asif for seven years and Mohammad Amir for five years.
The ICC tribunal has announced a sanction of ten years’ of ineligibility for Salman Butt (with five years of a suspended sentence); seven years for Mohammad Asif (with two years suspended) and five years’ ineligibility for Mohammad Amir.
The announcement on Saturday evening followed a day of deliberations in Doha between the three-mantribunal – comprising Michael Beloff QC, Sharad Rao and Justice Albie Sachs – and the players and their legal teams.
The trio was accused of fixing certain incidents, such as the bowling of no-balls at pre-agreed times, during the fourth test at Lord’s last August.
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said the trio, along with a fourth man, sporting agent Mazhar Majeed, had been charged with conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments and with conspiracy to cheat.
“These charges relate to allegations that Mr Majeed accepted money from a third party to arrange for the players to bowl `no balls’ on 26 and 27 August 2010, during Pakistan’s Fourth Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London,” said Simon Clements, head of the CPS Special Crime Division.
He said Majeed had been ordered to appear at London’s City of Westminster Magistrates Court on March 17.
“Summons for the same court date have been issued for the three players and they have been asked to return to this country voluntarily, as they agreed to do in September last year,” Clements said.
“Their extradition will be sought should they fail to return,” he added.
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