Standard Sport understands that while Inzamam is keen to bring back Butt, an opening batsman who scored three centuries and averaged 30 from his 33 Tests before his suspension, others in the team are not as enthusiastic.
It is believed captain Misbah-ul-Haq has doubts about a return for Butt, while coach Mickey Arthur said earlier this month that Pakistan have “enough on our plate without having to worry about Salman Butt or anyone else like that”.
Amir, Asif and Butt, along with a fourth man, Mazher Majeed, were given prison sentences in November 2011. Butt was handed a 30-month jail term but was released in June 2012.
He was banned for five years from cricket in February 2011 but having completed the suspension, Butt has been playing domestic cricket in Pakistan since last year.
In his last first-class game, the final of Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Butt scored a century in each innings.
Pace bowler Amir returned to the international side in January 2016 and played regularly on last summer’s tour of England.
But the return of Butt would arguably be more controversial, as he was captain at the time of the spot-fixing scandal and a strong influence in the Pakistan squad, whereas Amir had only just turned 18 and was relatively new to top-level international sport.
