Mohammad Asif

By Rahul Pathak in Asia on February 6th, 2011
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Over 50 hours of testimony and argument, thousands of documents, countless witnesses. The sum total? A minimum five year ban for three Pakistan players convicted of corruption.

Was this the strong message the International Cricket Council (ICC) wanted to send out?

Speaking on Sunday the ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said:

Corruption in our game will never be tolerated and, once again, I reiterate our zero-tolerance approach.