A cricketer banned worldwide from the sport flouted his suspension on Saturday by turning out for Croydon club Addington 1743.

Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir played for the club against St Luke's in New Malden, despite currently serving a five-year ban having been found guilty by the International Cricket Council for his part in the spot-fixing scandal that rocked cricket last summer.

Amir deliberately bowled no balls in the test match against England in return for payment from a betting ring.

He is now awaiting trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of cheating and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, a charge he has always denied.

But, it seems he has not been able to stay away from the sport and on Saturday played for Addington Village Road-based club Addington 1743 in the lowly Surrey Cricket Division One league.

He opened the batting and scored 60 as Addington made 251 and then bowled seven overs and took four wickets for just nine runs as St Luke's finished on 170-9, giving Addington an 81 run win.

St Luke's batsman Karl Quinn told the Daily Star: "No one could quite believe it was him.

"There was no attempt to disguise who he was, he even posed for a picture with me.

"One of our Pakistani players was rubbing his eyes in disbelief and asking: 'Is that who I think it is?'

"He didn't stay until the end but it was blatantly him."

Addington, who sit sixth in the 15 team division, could now face heavy sanctions from the league for fielding an ineligible player.