Justice Albie Sachs to hear Namibia appeal against Technical Committee decision

South Africa Constitutional Court Judge, Justice Albie Sachs has been appointed to hear Namibia's appeal against the ICC Trophy Technical Committee's decision not to change the result of the match between Namibia and Canada.

The procedure for conducting the hearing is left in the discretion of the Appeals Commissioner. In most cases, the Appeals Commissioner will make his decision on the basis of written submissions.

Justice Sachs will provide a written decision to the ICC which will be forwarded to the Namibia team, the ICC Trophy Technical Committee and the ICC Chief Executive. The Appeals Commissioner has the power to increase, decrease, amend or otherwise substitute his decision for that of the Technical Committee if he thinks it appropriate to do so.

The procedure requires the Appeals Commissioner to consider and determine the appeal as soon as possible and his decision shall be final and binding.

The Namibia team's appeal relates to a query concerning the accuracy of the scoring of the match against Canada, specifically in relation to the 45th over of the Namibia innings.

About Justice Albie Sachs:

Justice Albie Sachs started his practice as an Advocate at the Cape Town Bar in 1957 working mainly in the civil rights sphere.

He was a leader in the struggle for human rights in South Africa and was detained without trial by the security police under the Apartheid regime.

During the 1980s, working closely with Oliver Tambo, leader of the ANC in exile, he helped draft the organisation's Code of Conduct, as well as its statutes. After recovering from an assassination attempt he devoted himself full-time to preparations for a new democratic Constitution for South Africa.

In 1990 he returned home and as a member of the Constitutional Committee and the National Executive of the ANC took an active part in the negotiations which led to South Africa becoming a constitutional democracy. After the first democratic election in 1994 he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela to serve on the newly established Constitutional Court.