ABU DHABI: Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir may soon be participating in the country’s domestic cricket as the ICC is expected to allow all banned players to feature in domestic matches before their suspensions expire.
The ICC is expected to revise its anti-corruption code at a two-day board meeting starting in Dubai on Sunday.
According to AFP the ICC chief executives’ committee has already approved the new provision and has recommended the full board to do the same.
Although the revised code will apply to all banned players, it could specifically benefit the 22-year-old Amir, who was exiled from cricket after a spot-fixing scandal during Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010.
In February 2011, ICC anti-corruption tribunal chief Michael Beloff QC, a senior English lawyer, banned the players but also raised questions over the code and said he would recommend a revision in cases where the minimum punishment was five years.
Left-arm Amir was banned for five years, Butt for 10, with five suspended, and Asif for seven, with two suspended. All three also served prison sentences.
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