Salman Butt begs for Pakistan Cricket Board help to end ban

[iSK]

Pakistan's disgraced former captain
Salman Butt said Tuesday he
expected his country's cricket board
to help him get an early end to his
ban for spot-fixing.

Butt was banned in September 2010
for a minimum of five years by the
International Cricket Council (ICC)
and jailed in Britain accepting money
in return for deliberate no-balls in
the 2010 Lord's Test against England.

Fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and
Mohammad Asif were also banned
over the incident, one of the most
notorious scandals in the history of
the sport.

The ICC, on Monday, revised its anti-
corruption code, paving the way for
banned players to feature in
domestic matches a few months
before their bans expire. The
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely
to apply for Aamer to be allowed to
play again but not for Butt or Asif.

The bans are due to expire next
August and Butt said he expected the
PCB to help him as well. "Cricket is
my bread and butter and I hope the
PCB take up my appeal as well as
this is the only chance I can relive
my passion, that is cricket," Butt told
AFP.

However, PCB chairman Shaharyar
Khan told AFP in Abu Dhabi that Butt
and Asif have not completed their
rehabilitation, a claim Butt contests.
"I have been to the PCB offices a
dozen times in the past year to know
what else I have to do to complete
my rehab but I am still waiting for
their final reply," said Butt.

While handing out the bans, the ICC
Anti-corruption tribunal, headed by
Michael Beloff, directed the players
to publicly apologise for their crime,
tell future players how to avoid the
pitfalls and to co-operate with the
ICC.

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