Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf on Monday has said that fast bowler Mohammad Amir can be considered for national team selection after serving the ban handed to him in the 2010 spot-fixing case.
The 19-year-old is serving a six-month jail term in England over the infamous spot-fixing scandal involving charges of deliberate no-balls during the Lord’s Test against England.
Opener batsman Salman Butt was handed a 30-month jail term, fast bowler Mohammad Asif one year and their agent Mazhar Majeed almost three years.
In a separate case, the International Cricket Council also banned them over violation of the code of conduct, Butt for 10 years (five years suspended), Asif for seven years (two years suspended) and Amir for five years.
He said that he wanted the convicted teenage pacer to undergo intensive counselling once he gets ICC’s clearance.
“I don’t know the exact dates but whenever he is released we have to see what the provisions of the ICC ban are on him. Whether he can play at any level. But I would like to see him undergo intensive counselling,” said Ashraf.
Ashraf said that Amir’s fitness, after counselling, would also be ascertained.
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