23 December,2010 08:18 AM IST | | Karachi
Cricket authorities have rejected a plea by Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt to delay a hearing scheduled for next month into a spot fixing scandal which rocked the sport, the player said yesterday.
The International Cricket Council's anti-corruption tribunal made the decision in a teleconference held by code of conduct commissioner Michael Beloff QC, after the suspended Salman had asked for time to deal with another possible criminal case.
"Yes, my request has been rejected," Salman told AFP, without elaborating.
Mohdu00a0 Asif and Mohd Amir, two other players suspended when the scandal broke, had not backed the postponement of the January 6-11 hearing in Qatar which will determine whether the three players are banned or exonerated.
The trio were provisionally suspended by the ICC on charges of spot fixing during Pakistan's Lord's Test against England in August ufffd a charge which carries a maximum life ban, and a minimum of five years, under the ICC code of conduct.
Salman and Amir had their appeals against the suspensions rejected in October. Asif withdrew his appeal before initially deciding to challenge the sanction.
