Asif withdraws challenge to provisional suspension

Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif confirmed on Friday that he has withdrawn his challenge to the provisional suspension imposed on him on Sep 2 pending determination of the charges brought against him under the ICC?s Anti-Corruption Code.

This was informed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a press release.

“Arrangements are now being made for the challenges being made by Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir against their provisional suspensions to be heard in Dubai on 30 and 31 October 2010,” the ICC said.

The ICC will not make any further comment at this stage.

Three Pakistan cricketers- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir- at the centre of a spot fixing controversy were charged under the anti-corruption code of the game’s governing body ICC and provisionally suspended in early September.