The local English county club Addington 1743 has been thumped by the penalization of two year suspension from league for including banned Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir in a division-one match against a local team St Lukes which was played in the month of June, 2011.

The skipper of the team Ijaz Raja and representative of the said Raheal Shafi have been castigated with a ban of five matches apiece for including 20-year-old left-armer in the squad. It

“Facilitated the player breaching his ICC ban. It is considered that the club have thereby brought the game of cricket in general and in particular in this instance, the name of the SCL into disrepute,” Surrey Cricket League said In a statement released on Saturday.

It has been also revealed that the game in question has been awarded to St Lukes, with Addington docked 20 points.

Amir admitted he was informed it was a friendly game

Amir, who who wraps the show by scoring 60 runs before stunning four wickets during the game, in his defense admitted that he was informed it was actually a friendly game and would not impinge on his ban.

But the England and Wills Cricket Board (ECB) declared the Surrey League is associated to it, which makes it official cricket, constant if it is at the lower end of the recreational games.

International Cricket Council (ICC) regarded the action of Amir, violation of three-man commission’s verdict which states that banned trio cannot take part in any cricket-related activity. After which the investigations against him inaugurated.

Amir and his teammates were banned in February

Amir and his teammates Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were banned for at least five years by ICC in February this year for accepting money from a businessman, Mazhar Majeed, to bowl prearranged no-balls during a the fourth Test match against England in November last year.

His participation in the county fixture could now extend his five year ban from cricket if the ICC deems him blameworthy. If the pacer digs up extension in his ban, the possibility of his return in international cricket will be ruined.

Meanwhile, Amir and his banned team-mates are set to face a scandalous trial in October this year, after being accused with contrive to swindle and conspiracy to acquire and accept fraudulent payments.