I hope they throw their case out and keep the ban on these sattaybazz. The last thing we need is these two back in the Pak team.
CAS to hear Asif and Butt appeal next FebruaryESPNcricinfo staff
November 5, 2012
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The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) will hear the appeals of suspended Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt andMohammad Asif against the ICC’s bans for spot-fixing next February. The dates of the hearings were confirmed today: Asif’s case will be heard between February 5-7, and Butt’s on the 8th.
Asif, along with Butt, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court in November 2011, on charges of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments over deliberate no-balls bowled during the Lord’s Test between Pakistan and England in August 2010. Mohammad Amir, the third player accused by the Crown Prosecution Service, had pleaded guilty to the charges. Butt served seven months of a 30-month jail sentence, Asif six months of a year-long term, while Amir spent three months in a young offenders’ institute.
However, the three players had already been found guilty by an ICC tribunal on February 5, 2011, and were banned for various durations. Butt’s ban was for 10 years and Asif’s for seven. That punishment was announced a day after the CPS levied its charges against the players.
Butt had also wanted to lodge an appeal with the International Criminal Court, but decided against it due to the expense involved, and the lengthy duration of the proceedings.