Salman Butt finds his voice | Butt and Amir's appeals dismissed

[achilles]

KLPD :fail:

[Rajiv]

http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/484502.html Butt and Amir's appeals dismissed ESPNcricinfo staff October 31, 2010 Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir remain provisionally suspended by the ICC on charges of spot-fixing after their appeals were rejected during a two-day hearing in Dubai. Michael Beloff, the ICC code of conduct commissioner who chaired the hearing, said the players - who cannot appeal this verdict - will now appear before an independent anti-corruption tribunal that will look into the actual charges and give a verdict on whether the players are innocent or guilty. "Having considered every aspect of the case I dismiss their appeals and they remain suspended," Beloff told reporters outside ICC headquarters. "The players have denied the charges, but they will remain suspended before a code of conduct commission is formed to hear the case. "It was not up to me to decide whether they committed any crime, the commission will establish their guilt and if they are found guilty then they will be given punishment as per the ICC code of conduct." There is no time limit for when the tribunal will be set up, the ICC saying in a statement only that it will happen in "due course." Butt's lawyer Khalid Ranjha, however, indicated there was a 40-day timeframe. "The decision has left us unhappy," he told reporters. "The hearing was fair and thorough, and now we have 40 days to fight the disciplinary case and we will decide our course of action." The PCB's legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said the decision was within the ICC jurisdictions and will not affect the actual case itself. Mohammad Asif, who chose to withdraw his appeal, also remained provisionally suspended, along with Butt and Amir, from all forms of cricket pending the outcome of the independent anti-corruption tribunal, which will hear their disciplinary cases in due course. The three players, prior to the suspensions, were charged with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC's anti-corruption code. The suspensions came after the News of the World tabloid claimed to have exposed a scam in which deliberate, planned no-balls would be bowled by Amir and Asif during the Lord's Test against England, with the involvement of Butt, who was then captain. These hearings only concerned itself with the matter of the provisional suspensions and whether or not the ICC followed the correct procedures in taking that action. The matter of the players' innocence or guilt and the actual charges against them was not heard. Butt was represented by his lawyer Aftab Gul, a former Test cricketer, and Ranjha, a former law minister. Amir was represented by Shahid Karim, the lawyer who defended Asif in a doping case in October 2006.

[Sachinism]

Well done ICC, now ban the fkrs for life

[saneindian]

Apparently the 18-year old boy Amir cried during the hearing!! Now all the ICC needs to do is to ban the idiots for life and give them the best gift they ever recieved. BTW expect the Paki media to start dragging Raina's case into this with much more force, if only to distract the attention of world media from these bunch of fixers.

[Roshanrocks]

Butt and Amir's appeals dismissed Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir remain provisionally suspended by the ICC on charges of spot-fixing after their appeals were rejected during a two-day hearing in Dubai. Michael Beloff, the ICC code of conduct commissioner who chaired the hearing, said the players - who cannot appeal this verdict - will now appear before an independent anti-corruption tribunal that will look into the actual charges and give a verdict on whether the players are innocent or guilty. "Having considered every aspect of the case I dismiss their appeals and they remain suspended," Beloff told reporters outside ICC headquarters. "The players have denied the charges, but they will remain suspended before a code of conduct commission is formed to hear the case. "It was not up to me to decide whether they committed any crime, the commission will establish their guilt and if they are found guilty then they will be given punishment as per the ICC code of conduct." There is no time limit for when the tribunal will be set up, the ICC saying in a statement only that it will happen in "due course." The PCB's legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said the decision was within the ICC jurisdictions and will not affect the actual case itself. Mohammad Asif, who chose to withdraw his appeal, also remained provisionally suspended, along with Butt and Amir, from all forms of cricket pending the outcome of the independent anti-corruption tribunal, which will hear their disciplinary cases in due course. The three players, prior to the suspensions, were charged with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC's anti-corruption code. The suspensions came after the News of the World tabloid claimed to have exposed a scam in which deliberate, planned no-balls would be bowled by Amir and Asif during the Lord's Test against England, with the involvement of Butt, who was then captain. These hearings only concerned itself with the matter of the provisional suspensions and whether or not the ICC followed the correct procedures in taking that action. The matter of the players' innocence or guilt and the actual charges against them was not heard. Butt was represented by his lawyer Aftab Gul, a former Test cricketer, and Khalid Ranjha, a former law minister. Amir was represented by Shahid Karim, the lawyer who defended Asif in a doping case in October 2006

[ZodiaC]

What else do you expect from biased ICC.. Friggin conspirators..

[achilles]

RAW and Mossad agents were the judges :hitler:

[Roshanrocks]

i wonder if raina was used in the proceedings

[Desi Cartman]

[achilles]

i wonder if raina was used in the proceedings

No. The Judge played the role of being a biased RAW-Mossad agent really well. Raina wasn't needed.

[vaibhav_delhi]

I say let them play these fixers. and then evry country boycotts them. No one plays any bilateral series with them like india is doing. Shameless morons.

[Shakthi]

I say let them play these fixers. and then evry country boycotts them. No one plays any bilateral series with them like india is doing. Shameless morons.

I say let icc give them life bans and ban pakistan from international cricket for few years let them clean up their act but unfortunately these morons will never change.

[Laaloo]

Butt and Amir accuse ICC of unfair treatment A day after the ICC turned down their appeals against provisional suspensions from international cricket Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir hit out at the governing body's decision, reached after a two-day hearing in Dubai this weekend. The pair returned to Lahore on Monday and spoke to reporters at the airport, claiming that the ICC had treated them unfairly. But as the day wore on, Butt appeared on several TV channels, intensifying his attack against the decision reached by Michael Beloff, the ICC code of conduct commissioner, and built up claims of "a conspiracy" against the players and Pakistan. The root of their discontent was the the ICC and the hearing itself. "They listened to us but it felt as if their decision had already been made from before," Butt said. "It was not based on a single piece of evidence. There was no evidence that established that we had some agreement with Mazhar Majeed. After a 12-hour hearing the only so-called evidence they had was the same NOTW article and the same video everyone has seen." Asked by Geo, a leading channel, to explain the contents of the video, an agitated Butt asked, "You are asking me questions but you tell me where am I in this video? These things have to be proven when you talk about such charges, you cannot base it on just suspicions. It is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. I am not here to convince you, did he say on video that I had done something? Of course I am denying all this. I feel like I am talking to the English media." Amir echoed similar concerns. "Before leaving for Dubai we felt the case will be in our favour, but when he gave the decision it looked as if he had written the decision before," he told reporters at the airport. "We went for the truth but this could be a conspiracy against Pakistan, to tarnish Pakistan's reputation." The PCB has distanced itself from the defence of the players, insisting that it is up to them and their lawyers to resolve the matter. They have prevented the players, including Mohammad Asif who has withdrawn his appeal, from using board facilities such as the National Cricket Academy for training. But now, the pair insist, it is time for authorities to get involved. "It [the PCB distancing itself] wasn't expected," Butt said. "Nobody from the PCB has even called us so I don't know what is going on there. But I think now is the time for even the government to get involved as well as the PCB because it isn't just about three players. This is Pakistan being cornered." Butt and Amir have been suspended from international cricket, along with Asif, since September 2. They are not permitted to appeal against the latest verdict and they will now appear before an independent anti-corruption tribunal that will look into the actual charges and give a verdict on whether the players are innocent or guilty. No date has been set for the full hearing despite a request by the players to do so. "We'll carry on, we'll wait for the hearing," Butt said, "They haven't given us a date even though we asked for it." http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/484745.html

[Rajiv]

^^ It's as pathetic as it gets, u cheat and u call BIAS. I am disgusted to see these players call the ICC bas like that...what future do they have now. They sound like cheap politicians

[Ram]

Ok, stage 2 has now officially begun - If the hearing's verict didnt go in your favor, start playing the victim card.. Allege that the whole of Pakistan is being targeted in a systematic conspiracy..'

[Ram]

^^ It's as pathetic as it gets, u cheat and u call BIAS. I am disgusted to see these players call the ICC bas like that...what future do they have now. They sound like cheap politicians

Exactly Rajiv. The sad part is, whatever these guys are saying right now, it is under the tutoring of their lawyers. For someone alleged to commit acts as serious as spot-fixing, there was a reason why all the 3 guys were unusually silent – their lawyers told them to keep mum. Now that they’ve had enough time to talk to their clients, sift through the evidence and get a handle on the case, they’ve told the cheating-three to be more brave and give public statements.

[putrevus]

all thru this ordeal has he ever screamed I am not guilty of anything, even today after the decision all he talks is about technicalities instead of his innocence. What a rogue

[saneindian]

Their entire defence looks to be now based on the Raina case!! What a bunch of dimwitted morons.

[Shakthi]

Their entire defence looks to be now based on the Raina case!! What a bunch of dimwitted morons.

Let them cry and cry what will they prove ? Lady with Raina is his agent who runs cornerstone entertainment.

[Rajiv]

I believe they are using the victim card so the Pak public can cry outrage again, and effigy business is in full zoom. They will accept them as a cheat but not accept the Bias If there was indeed a "conspiracy" to shun pak, it would have been done by now and in a more sophisticated way, not to pick up a wealthy Londoner, making their own cricketer drink white wine and include a tabloid to **** up a story