Mr. Beloff’s statement makes it clear that the “Tribunal found that the charges under Article 2.1.1 of the Code that (respectively) Mr Asif agreed to bowl and did bowl a deliberate no ball in the Lord’s Test match played between Pakistan and England from 26 to 29 August 2010, Mr Amir agreed to bowl and did bowl two deliberate no balls in the same Test, and Mr Butt was party to the bowling of those deliberate no balls, were proved.“
Therefore, the Anti-Corruption Tribunal has found Butt, Amir and Asif of “Fixing or contriving in any way or otherwise influencing improperly, or being a party to any effort to fix or contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly, the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of any international match.“
What will need to be gathered from the judgment is what evidence was placed before, and assessed by the Anti-Corruption Tribunal in concluding that the Players were guilty of the aforesaid offence.
More updates to follow…
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Amrut Joshi is the Founder of Gamechanger Sports Ventures (www.gamechangerindia.com). He can be contacted at amrut@gamechangerindia.com.
