Final decision on Odumbe expected in mid-August

The International Cricket Council has confirmed that the final ruling on Maurice Odumbe will be made in in mid-August. Odumbe, the former Kenyan captain, was alleged to have received money from an Indian bookmaker.

The defence was given time till August 6 to provide final written submissions to Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, the judge, and the prosecution will be given three days to respond to these submissions.

Ebrahim will then consider the evidence and a judgement is likely to be delivered around the third week of August.

The charge centred on allegations that Odumbe had "received money, benefit or other reward which could bring him or the game into disrepute". In his final submissions, Ishan Kapila, Odumbe's lawyer, argued that prosecution evidence was based on hearsay.

Odumbe was included in the Kenyan squad for the series against Pakistan A. The opening three-day game will be played at the Nairobi's Simba Union club on Saturday. "He will definitely play for us this weekend," Andy Moles, the Kenyan coach, told AFP. Despite the case, Odumbe played a crucial role in Kenya's victory over Uganda in the ICC Intercontinental Cup last Sunday.