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Glimmer of hope for Amir, ICC set to review his five-year ban

London: There is a glimmer of hope for disgraced Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir as the International Cricket Council has agreed to review his five-year ban for spot-fixing. The ICC Board has confirmed it would look


The document could be approved as early as the ICC Board's next meeting in January, when Amir could be granted the chance to re-start a career that was left in tatters after he was part of a plot to bowl no-balls during the 2010 Lord's Test against England.

'The ICC Board was informed that a revised version of a more robust and strengthened ICC anti-corruption code will be submitted for discussion/approval at the January 2014 meeting,' the statement read.
Amir has not played in international cricket since the Lord's Test and, after pleading guilty to the spot-fixing charges, spent three months in a British prison.