As Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir signalled their intention to appeal against cricketing bans for corruption, Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive of the ICC, defended the world governing body's policing of the game. Lorgat claimed that match fixing in cricket has been "curtailed", while spot fixing, of which the three Pakistan players were found guilty, was far from prevalent.
Speaking in Doha yesterday, the day after an independent panel had delivered its verdict on Butt, Mohammad Asif and Amir, Lorgat said that he "did not believe [spot fixing] is rife". "This is a very isolated case," said Lorgat.
Butt was banned for 10 years, a sentence that effectively ends the 26-year-old's career at Test level, even if five are suspended if he participates in a programme of anti-corruption education run by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Asif, 28, has had two years of his seven-year banishment suspended if he fulfils the same criteria. He too is unlikely to play for his country again.
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