Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir appeared before an International Cricket Council code of conduct commissioner on Saturday for a hearing into their suspension on charges of spot fixing
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir appeared before an International Cricket Council code of conduct commissioner on Saturday for a hearing into their suspension on charges of spot fixing.
The two, along with fast bowler Mohammad Asif, were provisionally suspended by the ICC over allegations they were involved in spot-fixing during Pakistan's summer tour of England.
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| Mohd Amir and Salman Butt in Dubai on Saturday. PICS/AFP |
All three appealed, but Asif later withdrew his application. The two cricketers arrived with their lawyersu00a0-- Salman with Khalid Ranjha, a former law minister, and Aftab Gul, a former Pakistan player, and Amir with his lawyer Shahid Karim. Salman and Amir waved to the media but did not speak as they entered the ICC headquarters.
Michael Beloff QC, chairman of the ICC's code of conduct commission, who is hearing the appeal against the provisional suspensions said: "We have made progress in the case."
The hearing lasted for seven and a half hours and will continue today. The commission is expected to announce a decision on the players' appeals today in a ruling that can not be further challenged.
