Amir granted UK visa, says Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

Mohammad Amir's visa application for the England tour was also supported by the ECB © AFP

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been granted a UK visa and will travel with the team on June 18 on their tour of England and Ireland, the PCB announced on Thursday. Amir has been picked in Pakistan's 17-member squad for the four-Test series against England, which starts from July 14.

There had been concerns over whether Amir would be granted a UK visa, after the bowler - along with Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt - was sentenced in a London court for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal in the controversial Lord's Test against England, and was given a six-month jail sentence, half of which he served at the Portland Young Offenders Institution in Dorset. His visa application for the tour was also supported by the ECB.