Pakistan’s Asif appeal on 7-year ban

Disgraced Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif said on Thursday he will pursue an appeal against a seven-year ban imposed on him by cricket’s governing body over the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. He was jailed by a London court in November last year after being found guilty of conspiring to cheat and conspiring to accept corrupt payments over no-balls bowled deliberately during the 2010 Lord’s Test against England. Team-mates Salman Butt and Mohammad Aamer have also been released after being sent to prison in the same case. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned the trio from playing all cricket for five years. “I had filed the appeal when I was banned by the ICC (in February 2011) and now I have decided to pursue my appeal through my counsel Ravi Gill.” From gulftoday