The ICC says suspension on three banned Pakistani cricketers for spot-fixing during a test match five years ago ends next month.
Fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir along with opening batsman Salman Butt are eligible to return to both domestic and international cricket on Sept. 2, the game's governing body said on Wednesday.
Amir was allowed to compete in domestic cricket earlier this year for co-operating with ICC's anti-corruption unit. Asif and Butt contested their bans, but the ICC says both could return to competitive cricket "after fulfilling the specific conditions laid down by the Anti-Corruption Tribunal."
The ICC didn't elaborate what conditions both Asif and Butt fulfilled.
Butt was the captain when both Amir and Asif bowled deliberate no-balls during the Lord's test against England in August 2010 and were later also sentenced in prison in England for cheating in an international match.
The ICC tribunal, headed by Michael Beloff, announced the verdict against the trio in Feb. 2011 after a six-day hearing in Qatar, but the sanctions were backdated to Sept. 1.
Amir was banned for five years. Asif was banned for seven years, of which the final two years were suspended, while Butt was handed a 10-year ban, of which the final five years were suspended.
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