LONDON - Mohammad Aamir has been granted a UK visa clearing the way for him to make his return to Test cricket in England this summer.

Aamir was named in the Pakistan squad at the weekend but was still waiting for confirmation from the British government that he would be granted a visa after spending four weeks in a young offenders’ institute for his part in the 2010 spot fixing scandal.

According to some media reports, Aamir learned on Tuesday that he has been given clearance to return to Britain later this month. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sent a separate application for Aamir from the rest of the players to the British High Commission in Islamabad citing support from the ECB and the ICC.

His Test career is now set to resume at Lord’s on July 17, where he accepted money to bowl no balls on Pakistan’s last tour here six years ago.

Aamir was not deported and his visa application was always likely to be rubber stamped. The more intriguing case would have been if Pakistan had picked Salman Butt, Aamir’s captain five years ago who was deported after his jail sentence.

Aamir was man of the series here in 2010 receiving his cheque from a grimacing Giles Clarke, the then chairman of the ECB, in the Lord’s Long Room the day the scandal broke in the now defunct News of the World.

His brilliant left-arm pace bowling left Alastair Cook enduring one of his toughest series as an England batsman with Aamir taking 19 wickets at 18.36.

Meanwhile, England pacer Stuart Broad has insisted he won't have any issues playing against Aamir should the convicted spot-fixer make his Test return at Lord's next month.

That 2010 match, which England won by an innings, is now best remembered for the spot-fixing controversy rather than Broad's impressive 169 -- his lone Test hundred -- could rankle with the England fast-medium bowler.

But Broad, speaking at an event organised by England sponsor Hardy's wine on Monday, said: "I don't think any feelings will be dragged into this Test match from that one. There are only four players in (this) England team from then, and Pakistan had a huge change-over. So I don't think any ill-feeling or negativity from the players will have carried through."

Turning to Aamir's possible return, Broad said: "I think he's served his time. For quality of bowler, I don't think there is much doubt that he is up there with anyone. I've not played him for six years, but in 2010 he was a constant threat and man of the series. It swung round corners for him." However, citing the reaction of spectators at Lord's to England all-rounder Ben Stokes' controversial dismissal for obstructing the field in a one-day international against Australia last year, Broad said spectators at the 'home of cricket' may not welcome Aamir back with open arms.

"The crowd might be a different story. There was a lively reaction to Ben Stokes' dismissal last year to Mitchell Starc, and it looked like a nasty atmosphere for a while." As for his 2010 hundred -- which surpassed the highest Test score achieved by his father Chris, a former England opening batsman -- Broad does not feel it was tainted by the spot-fixing furore.

"I do look back at it, and I'm very proud of scoring a hundred at Lord's -- and beating my dad's highest score. It's certainly not devalued in my mind. I still scored those runs and (I'm) still on the honours board." Nevertheless, he added: "I think the result was devalued. We couldn't celebrate -- we didn't celebrate -- it was all a very strange time. "The one-day series that followed was quite unpleasant, and the crowds reflected the bad feeling."