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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/excricket-captain-to-face-court.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt is to appeal against his ban" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-excricket-captain-to-face-court.jpg" alt="Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt is to appeal against his ban"/></a></p>
<p>Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has confirmed he will attend a magistrates&#8217; court hearing in London next month to face criminal charges relating to alleged spot-fixing.</p>
<p>Butt, who along with team-mates Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif was recently banned by the International Cricket Council&#8217;s anti-corruption tribunal, also revealed that he has launched an appeal against the suspension with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.</p>
<p>The trio deny any wrongdoing and reports emerged that Butt &#8211; who was banned for 10 years, with five of those suspended &#8211; and team-mate Amir had appealed to the Switzerland-based body.</p>
<p>In a statement released through his lawyer Yasin Patel, Butt said: &#8220;This is to confirm that today my legal team served a statement of appeal upon The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) to appeal against the Tribunal&#8217;s findings in relation to the Lord&#8217;s Test and the sanctions imposed at the recent hearing in Doha.</p>
<p>&#8220;Full grounds for the appeal will be lodged in due course.</p>
<p>&#8220;Due to the pending proceedings in the UK, my barrister, Yasin Patel has advised me against saying anything further at this stage in relation to the appeal.&#8221;</p>
<p>The players face charges of conspiring to cheat bookmakers and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments at City of Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court on March 17.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can also confirm that it is my intention to attend the hearing at the City of Westminster Magistrates&#8217; Court on March 17,&#8221; Butt added. &#8220;At this stage I have no further comments to make in relation to that matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>Amir was banned for five years and Asif for seven, two of which were suspended.</p>
<p>The trio were accused of spot-fixing in relation to the deliberate bowling of no balls at specific moments in the August 2010 Lord&#8217;s Test against England.</p>
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