http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 aims to resurrect cricket career – Cricket News Update
Banned Pakistani pacer, Mohammad Amir, who recently returned home after serving half of a 6-month jail term for spot-fixing charges, in a young offender’s institution in Dorset, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, is aiming to resurrect his cricketing career, despite the uncertainties.
“I am uncertain about my future. The last one and half year have been h**l for me,” said the 19-year-old, on his return to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
Amir was convicted and sentenced, along with then skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993, for accepting corrupt payments in exchange for agreeing to bowl deliberate no-balls during a Test match against England in 2010. The trio were handed bans from cricket
by an http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 tribunal in February 2011, and they were sentenced in November 2011.
However, while the elder two were given longer sentences, the young Amir pleaded guilty, and was handed a 6-month prison sentence, which was later shortened to 3 months.
After serving his prison sentence, everyone from Amir’s legal advisors to the PCB are focusing on getting the 5-year ban lifted. An appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) was registered in March 2011, and the player himself aims to take the
process further after his release from jail. London-based solicitor Sajida Malik will be helping the cricketer in drafting the appeal.
The PCB and former Pakistani players have expressed support for the young left-arm bowler, insisting that he should be rehabilitated, and gradually eased back into cricket.
“The Board believes he can be reformed and still has a lot to give to Pakistan cricket as a player in the near future. The Board does not want to waste a precious talent like him,” a source in the PCB said.
Former batsman and wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashid-Latif-c84084 was of the view that the 5-year ban on Amir was far too extreme, and needed to be shortened.
“… the PCB must find a way to get clearance from the ICC to at least allow him to resume playing domestic cricket in a year or two,” Latif said.
Ex-pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080, who is no stranger to controversy, also spoke up in favour of the youngster, saying he was young and had made a mistake.
“He has served a jail term. He is under ban. I think in a few months time when he is reformed he must be given a chance to redeem himself and his reputation,” Akhtar said.
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