Wisden has named only four cricketers of the year for its 2011 edition because of the spot-fixing scandal surrounding three pakistan players.
Wisden reduced the list after the trio were found guilty of corruption by the ICC.
The revered publication has selected five players since 1926, but has picked only Tamim Iqbal, Eoin Morgan, Chris Read and Jonathan Trott this time.
M Amir is reported to be the name omitted from the traditional five.
Amir, fellow paceman M Asif and former captain S butt were suspended by an ICC tribunal in February, a day after the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would face criminal charges, along with agent with Mazhar Majeed.
Wisden editor Scyld Berry did not confirm that Amir was the player omitted from the list, but told BBC Radio 5 live : "I thought that one of three players did very well for them {pakistan} last summer in England.
"But once they had banned by ICC for a minimum of five years that rather disqualified them from entering our hall of fame."
"It was difficult decision but a stance has to be taken and you can't have somebody entering he hall of fame tainted by allegation of corruption and also on trial."
The ICC suspended the trio of players for their part in spot-fixing during the fourth Test at Lord's between England and Pakistan in August 2010.
The revered publication has selected five players since 1926, but has picked only Tamim Iqbal, Eoin Morgan, Chris Read and Jonathan Trott this time.
M Amir is reported to be the name omitted from the traditional five.
Amir, fellow paceman M Asif and former captain S butt were suspended by an ICC tribunal in February, a day after the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would face criminal charges, along with agent with Mazhar Majeed.
Wisden editor Scyld Berry did not confirm that Amir was the player omitted from the list, but told BBC Radio 5 live : "I thought that one of three players did very well for them {pakistan} last summer in England.
"But once they had banned by ICC for a minimum of five years that rather disqualified them from entering our hall of fame."
"It was difficult decision but a stance has to be taken and you can't have somebody entering he hall of fame tainted by allegation of corruption and also on trial."
The ICC suspended the trio of players for their part in spot-fixing during the fourth Test at Lord's between England and Pakistan in August 2010.
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