KARACHI: Paceman Mohammad Amir’s comeback after his ban for spot-fixing has been halted by a hamstring injury which will take up to three weeks to recover, his agent said on Friday.

He suffered the injury on his 23rd birthday — the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade II final in Karachi on Monday.

Amir’s agent said his injury had been assessed by a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) medical panel.

“Dr Sohail Salim of the PCB has confirmed that Amir’s hamstring is a grade II tear which takes 7-22 days for proper recovery,” his agent told AFP.

Amir can resume bowling on May 4 onwards, meaning he will be available for the Super Eight Twenty20 tournament to be held in Faisalabad from May 11. Amir’s international ban expires on Sept 2 this year after which the PCB will decide on his comeback to the national team.

Published in Dawn, April 18th, 2015

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