ICC imposes sanctions: Salman Butt out for 10 years, Asif 7 & Amir 5

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**Indeed !
“Jaisa karoge, Waisa bharoge”, right ?

****Labelled as “ghaddar”, ****Asif n Butt can forget their career, still some hope for Amir…
Sad to see that we’ve almost lost a great talent (talkin abt Amir)…
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Scotland Yard ka action abhi baaqi hai… :rolleyes:

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Very lenient BY ICC. Pity PCB does not have the leadership to clean its own mess.

When will the coach and manager on the tour be held accountable for their failures.

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Guilty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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judging from the terms it seems like butt what the ring leader, asif's past record played some role in his longer punishment and aamir's age was considered too.

icc should investigate that who else was involved, i guess there are some more non playing team members too involved in this.

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kaka... i wudnt be surprised if the akmals were party to this too..

but yeah.. this should ideally trigger a deeper investigation by the PCB... but hey.. I am not holding my breath on that one..

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Great decision. Guys just forget about these three players. Don't feel anything for them who didn't think of us while falling for few extra bucks.

I hope ICC will probe the IPL and other teams as well if a complaint is launched.

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Verdict out…
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/499614.html

Also AAMER to appeal in court of Arbitration against 5 year ban - which was the lowest according to the ICC code of conduct…
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/499665.html?CMP=chrome

Overall Bad news…I only feel for Aamer…such a talent …

All in All - let him work hard in domestic to make a comeback in 5 years…it may be better for him…

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Forget it untill Lorgat is in the house and even after BCCI is the big bully of cricket so IPL won't be probed...

We feel for Pakistan cricket....how can we not feel the impact?

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IPL went through other sort of investigations which had cost modi his job and got teams in trouble. income tax dept had a field day with all the teams. but since there were no match fixing allegations i dont think icc would have investigated for that.

but i think icc should give more hard time to ipl. those guys are high on the money and fame.

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BTW a silly question comes in mind. does this verdict mean that those players were indeed involved in spot fixing? and whatever NOW showed on video was true?

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WOW some of you are still wondering whether they were guilty or not??? seriously? Read the ICC tribunal statement....Both asif and amir bowled those no balls deliberately and butt was part of all this....these three are not innocent. I think the ban on these players was the right decision. Amir is not a munna bacha that he doesn't understand the difference btw right and wrong! Besides the CPS prosecution will further prove that these three are indeed guilty!

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Butt out for 10 years, Asif 7 and Amir 5

The ICC tribunal has announced a sanction of ten years’ 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 sanctions follow investigations of their role in spot-fixing, along with Mazhar Majeed, a players’ agent, during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010.
The announcement on Saturday evening followed a day of deliberations in Doha between the three-man tribunal - comprising Michael Beloff QC, Sharad Rao and Justice Albie Sachs - and the players and their legal teams.
**The sentences are open to appeal by both sides - players and ICC - in the Court of Arbitration in Sport in Switzerland. **
Butt, who was captain during the series in England, received the maximum sentence but one charge against him - of batting out a maiden over during the Oval Test - was dismissed. However, he was found to have not disclosed an approach by Majeed that he should bat a maiden over.
The other charges that were upheld relate to the subsequent Lord’s Test, where Amir and Asif were found to have bowled deliberate no-balls and Butt was party to that.
The tribunal released a statement after announcing the decision. The full text is reproduced below:
'The independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal which has been hearing the cases of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif under the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel had adjourned on Tuesday 11th January 2011 after a six day hearing.
'The Tribunal reconvened today for further submissions and thereafter announced the following decisions.
**'The Tribunal found that the charge under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that Mr Butt agreed to bat out a maiden over in the Oval Test match played between Pakistan and England from 18 to 21 August 2010 was dismissed, whereas the charge under Article 2.4.2 that Mr Butt failed to disclose to the ICC’s ACSU the approach by Mr Majeed that Mr Butt should bat a maiden over in the Oval Test was proved. **
**'The Tribunal found that the charges under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that (respectively) Mr Asif agreed to bowl and did bowl a deliberate no ball in the Lord’s Test match played between Pakistan and England from 26 to 29 August 2010, Mr Amir agreed to bowl and did bowl two deliberate no balls in the same Test, and Mr Butt was party to the bowling of those deliberate no balls, were proved. **
'We impose the following sanctions:
'On Mr Butt a sanction of ten years ineligibility, five years of which are suspended on condition that he commits no further breach of the code and that he participates under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a programme of Anti-Corruption education.
**'On Mr Asif a sanction of seven years ineligibility two years of which are suspended on condition that he commits no further breach of the code and that he participates under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a programme of Anti-Corruption education. **
**'On Mr Amir sanction of five years of ineligibility. **
'No further sanctions are imposed on any player and no orders are made as to costs.
'The Tribunal has recommended to the ICC certain changes to the Code with a view to providing flexibility in relation to minimum sentences in exceptional circumstances.
'The Tribunal note that it is for the ICC, whether and if so when, the fully reasoned decision in respect of the breaches of the Code and of the sanctions imposed in consequence should be published.
‘It is our strong and unanimous view that it is in the interests of all concerned in the world of cricket that publication should take place as soon as possible.’

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/499614.html

But isn’t it too late for both Butt and Asif to be engaging in any programme. Their careers are finished period. Anti-corruption education makes more sense in Aamir’s case

Even for Aamir 5 years sanction is almost like a life ban. Who knows if he w’d still have the motivation and hunger to play or even talent by then…kul kiss ney dekha hai, tub tak kitney aur naye players aa jayein gey!

There is an outside hope that Aamir’s punishment will be reduced to 2 years after appeal

All in all a sad day for Pakistan cricket

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Moin Khan speaks on the issue

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Thanks for the explanation.
so do you think these guys will have to face criminal charges as well and may go to jail too?

I guess we all owe a round of kudos and applause to the NOW

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spot-fixing

There is a difference between the two. spot-fixing does not affect match result

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^ ^ I stand corrected. i mistyped

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Can they still play domestic?

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don't think so. domestic cricket = first class cricket which comes under the auspices of PCB (and indirectly ICC)

They can only play club cricket IMO

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well if Aamer can't win an appeal in the court of arbitration then he really won't be able to keep up for 5 years I think. It all depends on how mentally tough he is.

Also, more importantly the British courts could slam him with some thing...if that happens forget everything.....

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will prosecute and convict them for sure. hefty fines are more likely than a jail sentence IMO