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Mohammad Asif is this week expected to become the second of three Pakistan cricketers jailed for spot fixing to be released More... Asif release expected this week ESPNcricinfo staff May 1, 2012 Mohammad Asif is this week expected to become the second of the three Pakistan cricketers jailed for spot-fixing to be released. Asif will have completed half of his one-year sentence and becomes eligible for release from Canterbury Prison under British law. The disgraced Pakistan trio - Asif, his fellow fast bowler Mohammad Amir and captain Salman Butt - participated in a betting scam involving the deliberate bowling of no-balls for financial gain during a Lord's Test match between England and Pakistan in 2010. Asif and Butt were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court in November 2011 of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments. All three lost an appeal that their sentences were "manifestly excessive" to the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, who upheld the sentences later in November and said that widespread corruption could "destroy the game". Amir, the youngest at 18, pleaded guilty before the trial and was released from a young offenders' institution midway through his six-month sentence earlier this year. Butt will not become eligible for release until next February, when he has served half of his 30-month sentence. Mazhar Majeed, the agent who was accused of setting up the deal, received a 32-month jail term. Asif is 29 and his Pakistan career could be over unless he overturns a seven-year ban (the last two of which are suspended) imposed by an ICC tribunal in February last year. Butt was banned for 10 years (five of them suspended) and Amir for five years. Mohammad Haroon, who described himself as "a friend and cricketer" told the AFP news agency that Asif still intended to go through with his appeal against the ICC ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. "Asif has already appealed against the 12-month sentence and he will also appeal against the ICC ban," Haroon said. Amir has no plans to appeal and has taken part in an anti-corruption video produced by the ICC.

[Stuge]

More drama and more phun for us :yay: I hope he see the interview given by MR AAMIR .

[Old guy]

More drama and more phun for us :yay: I hope he see the interview given by MR AAMIR .

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[mhr123]

congrat Pakis : qadi jail se rihaa

Pakistan's Asif released from British jail

Former Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif was released from a British prison on Thursday after completing half of his one-year sentence for , his lawyers said. Asif, 29, was jailed in November after he was found guilty of conspiring to cheat and conspiring to accept corrupt payments over deliberate no-balls bowled during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010. The player was freed from Canterbury Prison in southeast England on Thursday morning, his London-based law firm SJS Solicitors said. His lawyer Ravi Sukul told Pakistan's Geo television on Wednesday that Asif could stay in England while he explored the possibility of launching an appeal against his conviction. "I have a strong belief that if certain procedures had been applied in Asif's benefit at his trial, they could have persuaded the jury to come to a different conclusion," said Sukul. Salman Butt, Pakistan's Test captain in 2010, and promising young bowler Mohammad Aamer were also jailed on the same charges. Aamer was released in February after three months in jail while Butt is serving a term of 30 months. Mazhar Majeed, the agent for three players who was accused of striking the deal, was jailed for 32 months. The International Cricket Council (ICC) also banned the three players for a minimum of five years. All three players have the right to appeal against the ICC ban in the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sports.

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/50998/pakistans-asif-released-from-british-jail :yay::yay:

[mhr123]

it shud be Qaidi jail se rihaa .. still today its jashan day in pakistan.

[Cricket Tragic]

:yay:

[Sir john]

good job ravi shukul

[BERGKAMP]

congrats to all pakis around the world on this auspicious day :five:

[Magneto]

He was watching IPL from jail :nervous:

[asterix]

:yay::yay: Salmans Butt :((

[saneindian]

London se aaya mera dost, dost ko salaam karo Raat ko khao piyo, din ko aaram karo :yay:

[Sarkar]

Mahesh Bhatt directs Asif in Don 3.

[Sarkar]

" A fish will never forget how to swim. A bowler doesn’t forget how to bowl well" :hysterical:

[Laaloo]

A proud day for all the large hearted muslims around the world.

[Pak_Fan_4_Eva]

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Asif needs to do time outside of jail. Prison just doesn't rehabilitate him.

[Hell Raiser]

:yay: Finallyyy The Asif has come back to Pakistan. It shouldn't be surprising if he gets awarded with NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN.

[Executioner]

Hmm. So wonder what wil happen to Pakistan cricket nowadays? Hopefully this guy wont be picked by an BPL team and indian people wont certainly like hearing him getting a chance in ipl

[Bublu Bhuyan]

I wonder who is the most disgraceful player in the games history, Shoaib Akhtar or Mohammad Asif. They both make a very strong case.

[mhr123]

:yay: Finallyyy The Asif has come back to Pakistan. It shouldn't be surprising if he gets awarded with NISHAN-E-PAKISTAN.

is it Nishan - e - Pakistan or Minaar - e - Pakistan...

[mhr123]

I wonder who is the most disgraceful player in the games history' date=' Shoaib Akhtar or[b'] Mohammad Asif. They both make a very strong case.

By a long way..