ICC forms tribunal to hear trio’s case

Full hearing to take place from January 6 in Doha.

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) formed a three-man anti-corruption tribunal which, in January, will hear the case of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif allegedly involved in spot-fixing during the tour of England.

“The ICC can confirm that Michael Beloff QC formally appointed an independent Anti-Corruption tribunal to determine the alleged breaches of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code by three Pakistan players,” the ICC said in a statement.

The tribunal will be made up of Beloff (chairman), with two other Code of Conduct Commissioners - Justice Albie Sachs from South Africa and Sharad Rao from Kenya - as per the appointment procedure described in the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code.

It was also agreed that the full hearing would take place from January 6 till 11 in Doha. The decision to shift the hearing to Doha was taken as Asif is barred from entering the UAE after he was deported in 2008 on possession of banned drugs.

“The three players were charged under article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code on September 2 and have been provisionally suspended since that date,” said the release.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2010.