<p>The family of deposed Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt is devastated. "We didn't expect such a harsh punishment to my son," his father, Zulfiqar Butt said from Lahore yesterday. "We wanted verdict to be deferred for a few months till the case was heard in UK courts. <br /><br />  <table style="width: 71px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="71" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/feb/butt1.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Salman Butt. Pic/Getty Images</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>"The family members were constantly reading our holy book, Quran for the last few days. We had also invited a few moulivees (Muslim priests) to read the Quran at home and in masjids. Sadly, our prayers have not been heard," the senior Butt said. <br /><br /><strong>Further action</strong><br />"We shall discuss with our lawyers and decide our further line of action (whether to appeal in the Court <br />of Arbitration for Sport)," he added. <br /><br />Butt, who returned home yesterday, has been banned for 10 years while Mohd Asif for seven years and Mohd Amir for five years.<br /><br />Assuming that they also lose their battle (if they appeal) in court, the earliest the Pakistani tainted trio can return to international cricket will be after four-and-a-half years (in September 2015) since their suspension period started last September.</p>

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Salman Butt's family devastated after ban

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