Pakistan cricketers to fight ban
Published:Saturday | February 26, 2011 | 4:58 PM
Lawyers for Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have filed appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against bans for spot-fixing.
Butt was banned for 10 years - five of them suspended - after being found guilty of corruption by an International Cricket Council tribunal.
Mohammad Asif was handed a seven-year ban with two suspended, while Amir was banned for five.
All three have denied any wrongdoing in a Test match against England.
The players were accused of spot-fixing in the fourth Test at Lord's in August 2010.
They were banned after the News of the World newspaper reported no balls were bowled at specific points in England's innings after a payment was made to a businessman.