Spot-fixers Salman Butt and Asif Come Back To Domestic Cricket

Previous Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif returned to conjugal action in the national one-day tournament on Sunday, four months after completing their five-year bans for spot-fixing.
The duo, forth with Mohammad Amir, were banned by the All-embracing Candid Council (ICC) for bowling advised no-balls in acknowledgment for money during the Lord’s Test adjoin England on Pakistan’s bout in 2010.

The three players and their abettor Mazhar Majeed were afterwards confined in the UK.

Butt, who is apery Wapda in the calm game, denticulate a bisected aeon on his acknowledgment adjoin FATA. He hoped that he would accomplish consistently to accomplish all-embracing return.

The ICC aerial their sanctions on the brace in September endure year, authoritative them acceptable for civic and all-embracing matches.

Amir, whose ban was airy in April 2015, Sunday boarded a even to New Zealand afterwards he was included in Pakistan’s one-day and 20 squads.

Butt and Asif travelled to Hyderabad to play for Water and Power Development Authority adjoin Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

Butt, 31, said he acquainted airy on his return. “It’s a array of activation for me,” Butt told AFP afore traveling out to accessible the innings. “I will do my best to accomplish and acknowledgment to Pakistan team.”

Asif, 33, said he had affected a difficult aeon in his life. “The endure 5 years were the toughest for me and for my ancestors but I am blessed that that aeon is over now and I am aback on the field,” Asif told AFP.

Asif said he was assured in his adeptness to basin afresh afterwards such a continued spell out.

I accept been training for the endure 5 years. We both were in the aggregation for the four-day clash above-mentioned to the one-day matches but we were not accustomed to play so I accept been bowling in the nets and will not feel any problem,” said Asif.

The Pakistan Candid Board (PCB) had said both Asif and Butt will accept to complete their rehabilitation and accomplish to a top accepted afore harbouring any hopes of abiding to all-embracing cricket.

Pakistan arch drillmaster Waqar Younis has aswell backed Butt and Asif’s acknowledgment to the team, but cautioned that they would accept to affect the selectors with their performances.