By BIPIN DANI
MUMBAI, Nov. 13: Yasin Patel, an UK-based Barrister, who has represented several international cricketers including ex-captains Salman Butt (Pakistan) and Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh) for the charges of spot-fixing and match fixing allegations, will swap his wig and gown for pads and a bat and will be in action on a pitch for the Lawyers’ World Cup in Australia in December this year and early next year, it is learnt here.
Yasin Patel, himself an Essex League cricketer, will represent the Bar of England & Wales Cricket Club (BEWCC). The Lawyers’ World Cup scheduled to be held in Brisbane (Australia) in December 2015 / January 2016, will be played among the lawyers from Australia, England and few other countries. The final will be played at Gabba on January 9.
The 38-year-old Yasin Patel was a captain of the “Hainault & Clayhall Cricket Club” which is affiliated with the Essex Cricket Board.
He studied at University of Kent at Canterbury and is now attached with the law firm-25 Bedford Row. His areas of practice range from Criminal Defence to all aspects of Prison Law, and Administrative Law and Football Banning Orders.
The Barrister Patel has appeared for various legal proceedings in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal, ICC Tribunals and the Court of Arbitration for Sports, arising out of allegations of ‘spot-fixing’, ‘match-fixing’ and other corruption charges against big-named international cricketers.
More importantly, Yasin Patel has also been invited by the Australian Lawyers’ Cricket Council to participate in the Sports Law Conference to be held during the tournament on 7th January, where he will reveal much of interest to the wide world of cricket followers, on the subjects of corruption and doping.
“In early January there is a Sports conference in Brisbane regarding corruption etc. “I am on the panel to speak there and there is a strong possibility that I may have a player do a Q & A on this and in particular, on their personal experiences and so forth”, Patel, speaking exclusively from London, said.