A London court has ordered Pakistan's young pace bowler Mohammad Amir
and agent Mazhar Majeed to appear in person before it for a hearing
into the spot-fixing case.
 A London court has ordered Pakistan's young pace bowler Mohammad Amir and agent Mazhar Majeed to appear in person before it for a hearing into the spot-fixing case. © AFP |
Amir and Mazhar have been summoned on November 3 and 4 after the
judge began his summary of the trial at Southwark Crown Court. The judge
presiding over the spot-fixing trial has instructed the jury at a
London court to accept that Amir and Mazhar were involved in fixing.
The two have not made an appearance in the trial that has now been on
for 17 days with Pakistani players, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif
facing charges of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to obtain and
accept corrupt payments.
"Apparently, the lawyers for Butt and Asif want to cross-question
them (Amir and Mazhar) as does the prosecution," a source said.
The two have already submitted written statements to the court admitting their guilt and part in the fixing scandal.
The Pakistani trio and their agent were accused of cheating and
spot-fixing when the now defunct News of the World newspaper claimed
that Asif and Amir bowled deliberate no-balls during the fourth Test
match between Pakistan and England at Lord's in last August.
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