LAHORE: The International Cricket Council has constituted a three-member tribunal to hear the alleged spot-fixing charges against three suspended Pakistani players – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir.
Reports attributing from the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that the head of the ICC Code of Conduct Commission, Michael Beloff QC would head the tribunal that also includes LB Siege of South Africa and Sharad Rao of Kenya.
The hearing of the tribunal would be held sometime between January 3 to 11, 2011.
The tribunal will examine the evidence that is submitted by the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit and will also review the reports of Scotland Yard while deciding spot-fixing case against the trio.
The three players were provisionally suspended in England on September 2 by ICC after the News of the World tabloid carried a report that an alleged match-fixer, Mazhar Majeed, had bribed the trio to spot-fix in the fourth Test against England at Lord’s.
Subsequently, the trio filed an appealed with the ICC against their suspensions with Asif later withdrawing his appeal while Butt and Aamir appeared before a one-man appellate tribunal in Dubai last month.
The one-man bench dismissed their appeals and withheld the suspensions. Sources said that Beloff and ICC’s legal team had informed the PCB of the formation of the tribunal during a tele-conference on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police in London is scheduled to meet the Crown Prosecution Service during the coming days to discuss whether charges can be levelled against the suspended trio.
