Fast bowler Mohammad Amir is back in Pakistan’s Twenty20 and ODI squads — provided he can get a visa for New Zepaland.
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir is back in Pakistan’s Twenty20 and ODI squads — provided he can get a visa for New Zepaland.
Amir’s five-year ban from international cricket for spot-fixing ended in September but the left-arm quick needs clearance from authorities in New Zealand because he also served three months in an English jail for taking bribes to bowl no-balls at agreed times.
“On his international comeback, Amir will travel with the team subject to grant of visa by the New Zealand government,” chief selector Haroon Rasheed said in a statement on Friday.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Twenty20s and three one-day internationals, starting January 15 in New Zealand.
It will be Pakistan’s last Twenty20 series before the World Twenty20 tournament in March. The selectors also recalled Umar Gul to assess the fitness of the fast bowler ahead of the tournament in India.
“(The) Twenty20 team has been selected with a view to provide opportunities to everyone likely to feature in the squad for the global event,” Rasheed said.
Squads
T20: Shahid Afridi (c), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Amir Yamin, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Mohammad Rizwan, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Amir.
ODI: Azhar Ali (c), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sohaib Maqsood, Zafar Gohar, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Amir.
