Karachi: Pakistan's tainted cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif said that they wanted to "redeem" themselves for their past mistakes as their five-year ban handed by the ICC for spot-fixing expires yesterday at midnight.


Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt 

"I am keen to get back to playing cricket once again and I am prepared to face my detractors and I am ready to be apologetic to them. I have already apologized before for my actions," Butt told PTI from Lahore. Butt was the Pakistan captain when he, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir were exposed for spot-fixing during the fourth
Test against England at Lords in August 2010.