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Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan fast bowler, has presented his case to have
his ICC ban for spot-fixing overturned to the Court of Arbitration for
Sport (CAS).
Asif appeared before CAS in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday to try
and have his seven-year ban, with two years suspended, quashed but will
have to wait at least three weeks for an outcome and it could take as
many as six.
"Today was quite busy," Asif told AFP after emerging from the CAS
headquarters. "They will give us their decision in the next three weeks.
Hopefully I am going to win this case. I'd like to play cricket again."
Salman Butt, the former Pakistan captain, will have his hearing on
Friday in an attempt to overturn his 10-year ban following the News of the World sting in August 2010 which exposed plans to bowl on-demand no-balls.
On Wednesday Butt said in a statement that he wanted the chance to
resume his career. "Cricket is my life and every single day that has
passed has been so painful because I have not been able to play. All I
want is an opportunity to get back into cricket whilst I am still young
and I can still play well."
Mohammad Amir, the third player to be caught in the News of the World
sting, decided not to appeal against the five-year ban against him. The
ban does not permit the players to take part in any official match -
international, domestic or club - until at least September 2015. All
three players served time.
Butt served seven months of a 30-month prison sentence, Asif was
released from Canterbury Prison in Kent on June 3 last year after he
served half of a year-long sentence while Amir spent three months in a
young offenders' institution after admitting his charge at a pre-trial
hearing.
© ESPN EMEA Ltd.
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