Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif on Wednesday day lost their cases at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. The world's top sports tribunal dismissed their appeals against the bans imposed on them in 2011 by the ICC on spot-fixing charges. Ex-captain Butt and former fast bowler Asif were handed bans of 10 and seven years respectively by the ICC for accepting corrupt payments over deliberate no-balls bowled during the Lord's Test between Pakistan and England in August2010. Both had been found guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court in November 2011 on charges of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments. Another player, fast bowler Mohammad Amir was also banned for five years by the ICC on the same charges but he did not contest the decision. The International Cricket Council has welcomed the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport to dismiss the appeals by disgraced Pakistani players Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif against the bans imposed on them in 2011 by the ICC on spot-fixing charges. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said in a statement today that the CAS decision "vindicated" the world body's bans on the two disgraced Pakistani players. The ICC said it will now review the detailed judgement before making any further comments.