Pakistan pacer Mohd Amir could have got a lighter ban
Updated On: 23 July, 2011 01:21 AM IST | Agencies
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir could have escaped with a two-year ban, instead of the five years he is serving right now for his involvement in spot-fixing, had he accepted the plea bargain offered initially by the ICC's anti-corruption tribunal.
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir could have escaped with a two-year ban, instead of the five years he is serving right now for his involvement in spot-fixing, had he accepted the plea bargain offered initially by the ICC's anti-corruption tribunal. 
Mohd Amir
Sources close to the player said that during the hearings of the ICC anti-corruption tribunal in Dubai and Doha last year and in early 2011, Amir's lawyer was given the option of accepting a plea bargain for his client.
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