Asif, Amir, Butt suspended from international cricket by ICC
The International Cricket Council has finally moved to suspend the trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif from international cricket under the Anti-Corruption Code. The three have allegedly been accused of being involved in match-fixing by a British tabloid and with a video as evidence, the ICC has had no option but to suspend them.
You can find the allegedly fixed Lord’s Test match between English and Pakistan here.
Incidentally, it was on the same day that the Pakistan Cricket Board also announced that the three will not play in any of the remaining matches in UK because they were mentally tired. This announcement was made by the High Commission of Pakistan to the UK, Wajid Hasan, who also claimed later that the players were innocent and had been set up.
According to an ICC release the three had been had suspended from cricket until the case has been concluded.
It also said that the players had the right to defend themselves against this provisional suspension, as they they had once the charges were brought against them in entirety. The ICC chief Haroon Lorgat also said that the ICC had not done much before this announcement because they were busy preparing their case against the tainted trio.
Asif, Amir and Butt were accused of spot-fixing by a British tabloid and had been called by the PCB to meet them at London.
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Posted by Sam Locke
on Sep 3 2010. Filed under Cricket News.
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