Paris, Oct. 23: The International Cricket Council said on Friday that Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Asif had withdrawn his challenge to the provisional suspension handed down last month for alleged match-fixing.
Teammates Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir have appealed against their own provisional suspensions and their hearings are still set for Dubai on October 30 and 31. “Mohd Asif confirmed that he has withdrawn his challenge to the provisional suspension imposed on him on September 2, 2010 pending determination of the charges brought against him under the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code,” the ICC said.
The trio were charged after they were all named in a News of the World report alleging
they were involved in a “spot-fixing” scam.