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

[achilles]

Should I laugh or should I cry? Are these guys really this stupid? Don't they have a hint of conscience? They've been caught with their pants down in public, yet they got a chance to defend themselves. Now that they have lost, they are accusing the same people who gave them an opportunity to prove their point. Wow. Seriously, wow! I think the stick the Pakistani's get is quite justified. This is some thick-headed, absurd and stupid fiasco.

[ravishingravi]

It really is in their mentality. Think about it, only Cronje was man enough to feel the guilt and admit it.

[Laaloo]

Three-man tribunal to examine fixing charges The ICC has set up a three-man tribunal to look into the spot-fixing allegations against three Pakistani players. The hearing will be held between January 6 and 11 in Doha, Qatar. The panel that will look into charges against Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir is made up of Michael Beloff QC, Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa and Sharad Rao of Kenya. The three players were provisionally suspended by the ICC in September for their alleged involvement in the spot-fixing controversy during the Lord's Test. In a News of the World sting, Mazhar Majeed, a player agent, claimed to have paid Amir and Asif to bowl no-balls to order with the collaboration of Butt. The players lodged appeals against their suspensions, though Asif eventually withdrew his, and they were heard in Dubai in October. Michael Beloff, the ICC code of conduct commissioner who chaired the hearing, rejected their appeals, following which the PCB proceeded to revoke their central contracts. The hearing of the appeals was only meant to establish whether or not the ICC followed the correct procedures in provisionally suspending the players, and not their innocence or guilt. A criminal case has been filed against the players in the UK, and evidence gathered by Scotland Yard has been passed on to the Crown Prosecution Service. Apart from Beloff, the two other members of the tribunal have shared a long association with the ICC. Sachs, who was a senior judge on the constitutional court of South Africa, is Cricket South Africa's representative on the ICC's Code of Conduct Commission. Rao is Kenya's representative on the same commission with wide experience in international legal and sports panels, including the Commonwealth Games Federation. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/486725.html :cantstop: