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Summary International Cricket Council chief Haroon Lorgat has showed his satisfaction over the verdict and punishments handed out to three Pakistan players on charges of spot-fixing.
International Cricket Council chief Haroon Lorgat has showed his satisfaction over the verdict and punishments handed out to three Pakistan players on charges of spot-fixing.A three-member tribunal found Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir guilty of offences under article 2 of the ICCs anti-corruption code and banned them for 10, 7 and 5 years respectively. Haroon Lorgat hoped that as a result of the ICCs investigation and the subsequent hearing, the games image would improve. In the aftermath of the sanctions, questions were raised over why no life bans were handed out to any of the players, which wouldve been the maximum sanction for the relevant charges. The ICCs legal team is also believed to have pushed for those. The tribunal also included the possibility of suspended sentences in the cases of Butt and Asif, of 5 and 2 years respectively, which means they could be out for as few as five years. Considering the ages of a couple of the players - Butt is 26 and Amir just 18 - in theory, they could return after serving their bans, though that remains a considerably distant prospect, especially given that they still have to deal with a criminal case in the UK.
