Mazhar Majeed appeals against fixing verdict

LONDON: Sports agent Mazhar Majeed jailed over a cricket fixing scandal has appealed against his conviction.

Majeed was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. Three Pakistani cricketers also received custodial sentences at London's Southwark Crown Court in November over a scandal that rocked world sport.

Former Test captain Salman Butt was jailed for two and a half years for his role as the "orchestrator" of a plot to bowl deliberate no-balls in the 2010 Lord's Test against England.

Mohammad Asif, the former world number two Test bowler, was sentenced to
12 months.

Mohammad Amir, who had been tipped to become one of the all-time great
fast bowlers, was sentenced to six months.

All three players are serving five-year bans from cricket imposed by the
International Cricket Council (ICC).

Amir and Butt failed in an attempt to have their sentences reduced at
the Court of Appeal in November.