Salman's Lawyer urges ICC to Delay Hearing

Lahore, dec 22: while lawyers of mohammed Aamir and Mohammed Asif did not appeal to the International cricket council (ICC)on wednesday to defer the hearing of thier spot-fixing cases, leagal representative of Salman Butt urged the game's governing body to delay it until the outcoe of the Scotland Yard reports over the Scam.

Currently, the three cricketers are provisionally suspended by the ICC for their alleged role in the spot-fixing scandal erupted during the Lord's test between Pakistan and England late August. While Scotland Yard is also investigating the scandal, the ICC has started its separate inquiry into the allegations. The ICC has fixed the date of the tro's hearing in Doha, Qatar from 6-11.

However, on the request of Salman's Lawyer Yasin Patel the ICC organised a teleconference on wednesday to ponder the request, to decide whether or not defer the hearing. But Asif's lawyer Alexander Cameroon and Aamir's lawyer Shahid Karim who also attended the teleconference, went against Salman's pea.

However, a decision by Michael Beloff- chairman of the ICC code of conduct Comission in this regard is to be announced soon.

Shahid, Aamir's lawyer, who attended the telenconference, later said that he wanted the hearing to be held at the scheduled time, arguing there was no need to delay it. Shahid contended that his client's case was strong, vowing to fight till the end. The lawyer hoped his client would get justice from the ICC and if not, he would take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS.

Meanwhile, Salman refused to comment on the issue, saying his lawyer who had been dealing with the cas, was in a better position to make any comment.
"I am also waiting for a call from my lawyer as the ICC will only convey its decision to him [Yasin]", the former Pakistan captain said.

Interestingly, all the three cricketers have been adopting different policies while proceedings in this common cas. Earlier, Salman and Aamir had filled thier appeals to the suspension on them until the final verdict of Beloff.

Contrarily, Asif did not appeal for the same remission. But Beloff turned down the appeals of Aamir and Salman for any relief and later fixed the hearing from jan 6-11.

As Asif is banned from entering the UAE, the ICC had to relocate the hearing to Doha, Qatar.