New York, September 05: Maintaining that the three tainted Pakistani cricketers have not been punished in the spot- fixing scam, the ICC today said that an independent commissioner will be appointed to go into the whole issue and the players will be able to put their views before him.
The International Cricket Council would appoint an independent commissioner to look into the charges and any action would be taken on recommendation of the appointed commissioner, ICC President Sharad Pawar said here.
The players — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir — have a right to contest their provisional suspension and a further opportunity to defend the charges at a full hearing before an independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal in accordance with Article 5 of the code.
“We have not punished anybody yet,” Pawar told PTI.
–PTI