pak-fan
9th February 2011, 20:47
MUMBAI - Yasin Patel, the UK-based India origin lawyer, who has been representing Salman Butt in the spot-fixing charges, has not lost a single case for the other three cricketers whom he has also represented so far and wants to keep his slate clean this time also.
He has few tricks under his sleeve. Interestingly, all the three cases (including one of the Test cricketer's) that have been won by this lawyer, have been kept under carpet by the different authorities, and therefore, Yasin Patel obviously didn't want them to be made public.
Speaking exclusively to this scribe after returning from Doha where he appeared at the ICC hearing for the deposed Pakistani Test captain, Salman Butt, he said: 'There are 'few other options' for my client (Salman Butt) to fight this case. I don't want our future plan be known to the ICC at this stage. However, I can say that going into the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is not the only option for us'.
'I am waiting for the ICC to react on the tribunal's recommendation of making certain changes to the code with a view to providing flexibility in relation to minimum sentences in exceptional circumstances. Of course, it is not binding on the ICC to accept these changes but when the three senior judges of the international fame have made them, the ICC can't ignore them either,' the lawyer, who took his education at University of Kent at Canterbury (English and History with Honours), added. Yasin Patel, 34-year-old, who has also been playing the game (he is a captain of the Hainault and Clayhall Cricket Club which is affiliated with the Essex Cricket Board) also refuted the ICC charge of under article 2.4.2 that Butt failed to disclose to the ICC's ACSU the approach by bookie, Majeed that Butt should bat a maiden over in the Oval Test was proved. 'No such approach was made by Majeed to bat a maiden over and Butt played the normal over,' Patel further added. Salman scored two or three runs in this so called over, the details of which have not been made public.
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Sports/09-Feb-2011/Butt-has-few-more-options-lawyer
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He has few tricks under his sleeve. Interestingly, all the three cases (including one of the Test cricketer's) that have been won by this lawyer, have been kept under carpet by the different authorities, and therefore, Yasin Patel obviously didn't want them to be made public.
Speaking exclusively to this scribe after returning from Doha where he appeared at the ICC hearing for the deposed Pakistani Test captain, Salman Butt, he said: 'There are 'few other options' for my client (Salman Butt) to fight this case. I don't want our future plan be known to the ICC at this stage. However, I can say that going into the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is not the only option for us'.
'I am waiting for the ICC to react on the tribunal's recommendation of making certain changes to the code with a view to providing flexibility in relation to minimum sentences in exceptional circumstances. Of course, it is not binding on the ICC to accept these changes but when the three senior judges of the international fame have made them, the ICC can't ignore them either,' the lawyer, who took his education at University of Kent at Canterbury (English and History with Honours), added. Yasin Patel, 34-year-old, who has also been playing the game (he is a captain of the Hainault and Clayhall Cricket Club which is affiliated with the Essex Cricket Board) also refuted the ICC charge of under article 2.4.2 that Butt failed to disclose to the ICC's ACSU the approach by bookie, Majeed that Butt should bat a maiden over in the Oval Test was proved. 'No such approach was made by Majeed to bat a maiden over and Butt played the normal over,' Patel further added. Salman scored two or three runs in this so called over, the details of which have not been made public.
http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Sports/09-Feb-2011/Butt-has-few-more-options-lawyer
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