England cricket captain Andrew Strauss on Sunday welcomed lengthy bans handed down to three Pakistan players by an anti-corruption tribunal. The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned former Pakistan captain Salman Butt for 10 years, seamer Mohammad Asif for seven years and emerging fast bowler Mohammad Aamer for five years on Saturday.
Butt has five years of his ban suspended, and Asif two. The trio, the first players to be suspended for spot-fixing, were charged after suspicions were raised about no-balls bowled in the Lord's Test match in August last year.
Strauss said it was important the ICC handed down a penalty that would be a significant deterrent. Strauss urged the cricket authorities to take all possible measures to clean up the game.
"Only the ICC and the relevant authorities know how far they are willing to dig and how thorough they are going to be on it," he said.
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