Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who lost their appeal at the Court of Abritration for Sport against spot-fixing bans, were the first players with team-mate Mohammad Amir to be punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Players implicated in corruption cases:
Life bans
May 2000: Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik banned for life by a judicial inquiry conducted by judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum. Malik was alleged to have fixed matches on Pakistan's tour of New Zealand in 1993, South Africa and Zimbabwe (1994-95)....
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10:49 AM, May 16, 2013
Islamabad: Returning to England for the Champions Trophy will be "very sensitive" for the Pakistan's players following the spot-fixing scandal three years ago, team manager Naveed Akram Cheema said Monday, urging his squad to just focus on the eight-team competition. Cheema took over as manager in 2010, soon after three Pakistan players were charged of spot-fixing in a Test match during Pakistan's last tour of England. Later fast bowlers Mohammad...
02:27 PM, May 14, 2013
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has agreed to undergo rehabilitation while serving his ban for spot-fixing because he wants to resume his cricketing career once the suspension ends. The 28-year-old was banned for 10 years, with five of those suspended, by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal in 2011 after being found guilty of arranging deliberate no-balls to be delivered in a 2010 Lord's test against England. Butt and...
11:58 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Karachi: Karachi cricket chiefs on Friday banned three international players, Sohail Khan, Fawad Alam and Khalid Latif, for lack of discipline during a domestic Twenty20 tournament. Sohail, 29, is banned from playing for Karachi in any domestic match, and Alam and Latif for playing in Twenty20s. All three bans are to last 12 months. "It is disappointing to ban players but we had to take the decision so that an...
02:24 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Karachi: Salman Butt, who on Wednesday lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a spot-fixing ban, was once touted as a prospect to lead Pakistan for years to come. The stylish opener was handed the captaincy after Shahid Afridi quit following a one-sided defeat against Australia at Lords in July 2010 and took little time in changing the fortunes of the embattled team. Pakistan defeated Australia...
01:02 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to dismiss the appeals by disgraced Pakistani players Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif against the bans imposed on them in 2011 by the ICC on spot-fixing charges. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said the CAS decision "vindicated" the world body's bans on the two Pakistani players. "The ICC notes and welcomes the decisions...
07:16 PM, Apr 17, 2013
A spokesman for the Swiss-based court said Thursday that the results of the two ex-players' hearings, held at the start of February, were scheduled to be issued in a month's time. ...
09:57 PM, Mar 07, 2013
According to sources in the board, Khurrum Malik had submitted his resignation on Friday, two days after Managing Director Sarwar Salman Butt had resigned. ...
11:19 AM, Feb 16, 2013
The Court of Arbitration for Sport kicked off an appeal hearing where Mohammad Asif hopes to overturn a ban imposed for spot-fixing. ...
07:02 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The 28-year-old says that he wants another opportunity to play for Pakistan as every single day that has passed without playing cricket has been so painful for him. ...
07:00 PM, Feb 07, 2013
The Pakistan players were banned by the International Cricket Council for contriving to bowl deliberate no-balls during the Lord's Test between Pakistan and England in August 2010. ...
11:05 PM, Feb 05, 2013
Asif expects to get justice when his appeal against the ICC ban is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sports. ...
07:31 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Shahid Afridi said that a player who "tainted the name of the country" should not have been hired as an expert. ...
11:23 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Both have been banned from cricket for at least five years by the sport's governing body for their role in spot-fixing. ...
03:25 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Amir says he has learnt the lesson from his mistake and wants to make amends for letting his people down. ...
10:29 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Salman Butt says that that Shahid Afridi Afridi gave a statement against him in spot-fixing for captaincy. ...
08:43 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Salman Butt said that it is now up to the Pakistan Cricket Board to play their cards right. ...
12:19 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Kamran Akmal has been given a final warning about his conduct in the dressing room. ...
09:35 PM, Jul 06, 2012
When Kaneria was banned, many were baffled as to why Pakistanis were so talented at cricket yet so susceptible. ...
03:49 PM, Jul 04, 2012
The Pakistani cricket board insists it will not be lenient to players involved in spot-fixing. ...
07:28 PM, Jun 30, 2012
