ICC appoints tribunal to hear cricketers
Michael Beloff formally appoints independent anti-corruption tribunal to determine alleged breaches.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed a three-man tribunal to consider the case of the three Pakistani players who were accused of spot-fixing in this summer’s Lord’s Test against England. The tribunal will sit in Doha, Qatar between January 6 and 11 in 2011.
“You must understand the difference in the provisional suspension and the actual charges on these players, it is completely unrelated to whether the players are guilty or not guilty on the charges levied against them.” Haroon Lorgat said.
The chair of the ICC’s code of conduct commission, Michael Beloff, formally appointed an independent anti-corruption tribunal to determine the alleged breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code together with two other code of conduct commissioners Justice Albie Sachs from South Africa and Sharad Rao from Kenya.
“The concern over the appointment of Beloff is totally unrelated to determine whether the players are guilty or not. Our process is quite clear and according to the ICC anti-corruption code the chairman is entitled to sit and determine whether the charges are valid or not so that is a separate issue.”
“We have been longingly involved with all members of the board and they all have agreed that they don’t have any conflict with that.”
Lorgat further hinted that if the player proved not guilty before the tribunal then the PCB has to make an exception to add the trio in the World Cup squad. “As part of ICC regulations, all the participating teams have to submit a 30-player provisional squad 60 days before the start of the tournament and the final 15-man squad 30 days before the start of the tournament.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2010.
“You must understand the difference in the provisional suspension and the actual charges on these players, it is completely unrelated to whether the players are guilty or not guilty on the charges levied against them.” Haroon Lorgat said.
The chair of the ICC’s code of conduct commission, Michael Beloff, formally appointed an independent anti-corruption tribunal to determine the alleged breaches of the ICC’s anti-corruption code together with two other code of conduct commissioners Justice Albie Sachs from South Africa and Sharad Rao from Kenya.
“The concern over the appointment of Beloff is totally unrelated to determine whether the players are guilty or not. Our process is quite clear and according to the ICC anti-corruption code the chairman is entitled to sit and determine whether the charges are valid or not so that is a separate issue.”
“We have been longingly involved with all members of the board and they all have agreed that they don’t have any conflict with that.”
Lorgat further hinted that if the player proved not guilty before the tribunal then the PCB has to make an exception to add the trio in the World Cup squad. “As part of ICC regulations, all the participating teams have to submit a 30-player provisional squad 60 days before the start of the tournament and the final 15-man squad 30 days before the start of the tournament.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2010.