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Summary After being convicted in spot fixing case, duo may face up to seven years of jail with heavy fines.
Former captain Salman Butt, 27, and opening bowlers Muhammad Asif, 28, and 19-year-old Muhammad Amir, who had already admitted his part in the scandal plotted to bowl deliberate no-balls in the Lord’s Test against England in August last year.The players will be sentenced today (Wednesday) with Butt and Asif facing up to seven years in jail or heavy fines. The three players have already been banned from playing by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a minimum of five years. Butt, Asif and bowler Mohammad Amir have already received lengthy suspensions by an International Cricket Council anti-corruption tribunal in Doha for fixing parts of the Lord test.
