Monday 6 June 2016 10:14, UK
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been named in Pakistan's Test squad to face England in the four-game series, six years after receiving a spot-fixing ban against the same opponents.
The 24-year-old, who also served a custodial sentence for the offence, is expected to receive his British visa by Tuesday following a special request for leniency from the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Amir along with then-Pakistan captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, were found guilty of arranging deliberate no-balls in return for money during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010. All three were suspended for five years.
Since returning from his suspension last September Amir has been a regular feature in Pakistan's one-day and Twenty20 sides but has yet to make his return to Tests.
Barring any visa problem or injury he is set to open the bowling for Pakistan when they take the field for the first Test on July 14 at Lord's.
Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq said: "Amir is expected to get visa in the next couple of days and (Mohammad) Hafeez is also cleared by medical staff so we have included him."
The Test squad will be led by Misbah-ul-Haq, who took on the captaincy in October 2010, a few months after the spot-fixing scandal.
Opener Hafeez was selected subject to his full recovery from a knee injury sustained two months ago, with selectors deciding to include him after team medics said he would regain fitness in the next few days.
Regular opener Ahmed Shehzad was not selected over disciplinary problems, leaving the opening positions to the inexperienced left-handed pair of Shan Masood, who has played seven Tests, and Sami Aslam, who has played one.
The squads for five one-day internationals and a single Twenty20 will be announced later.
The team are likely to leave for the tour on June 18 and hold a training camp in Hampshire before their first match against Somerset starting on July 5 and another against Sussex from July 8.
Pakistan squad:
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez (subject to fitness), Shan Masood, Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan
