Pakistani cricketer Muhammad Asif has denied any agreement to bowl no-ball in a match between Pakistan and England at Lords on 26th August 2010.
He has filed appeal papers against both of his convictions – conspiracy to cheat and accepting the corruption money.
Asif is resolute in his contention that he did not bowl the no-ball intentionally, and has never accepted any money from Mazher Mahmood.
Muhammad Asif’s new counselor Barrister Ravi Sukul of Balham Chambers confirmed that his client’s appeal documents have been filed. “Fresh and novel evidence is being assembled to support the fast bowler’s appeal against conviction. A hearing date will be announced as soon as it is known,” Sukul stated.
From the beginning of police investigation, Asif had been insisting that he had played no part in the spot-fixing conspiracy.
“Prosecution evidence presented at the fast bowler’s trial disclosed that not one note of the marked money paid hand over fist by the ‘Fake Sheikh’ (Mazhar Mahmood) to Majeed was found in Asif’s room, or on his person or in his bank account,” Sukul said while talking to a newspaper.
Asif denies spot-fixing
