Asif, Butt can return to cricket after Sept 1

The ICC has confirmed that Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will be eligible to return to competitive cricket at both domestic and international level after the sanctions against them expire on September 1. “Further, Mohammad Amir will be eligible to return to cricket at international level at the same time, following permission being granted to him to return to play domestic cricket in Pakistan earlier this year,” an ICC press release said. The ICC also made it clear that the players can return to competitive cricket after fulfilling the specific conditions laid down by the independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal. The three players were found guilty of various offences of corrupt behaviour during the Lord’s Test between England and Pakistan in August 2010.