http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 assured by Addington Cricket Club of Match status, ICC expected to ignore
Sympathies are being extended to Mohammad Amir by the Addington Cricket Club, who had assured the teenager he was safe, while he appeared in a match for them.
Amir is facing the music for playing a friendly match for a local club, which has no recognition as far as a County team, or, a team having Test status. This club is in fact called “Addington Village Cricket Club” and fulfils the demands of the locals at
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-M-Low-c41214 level, which cannot be compared to an English County.
The match was still played by Amir, who had no idea he would get into trouble, for playing. The club secretary, Raheal Shafi, assured that it was just a friendly game, which involved no finances, he said:
"We are nowhere near Test or county standard and there was no money involved”.
Amir was the shining star of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket and quite a few analysts of the game anticipated a bright future for him. He pleaded guilty for delivering no balls and a verdict was given against him, which stipulated he could not take part in cricket for
five years.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Shafi-c98251 admired Amir, who was very cool, and discussed the life in Pakistan and its culture, he further narrated,
"He was very down to earth. He was relaxing and sitting on the grass and talking about life in Pakistan, life in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and where he has travelled".
The match in the news was played between Addington Cricket Club and St Luke’s Cricket Club where Amir scored 60 runs and grabbed four wickets, which reflected his commitment, to the game.
He questioned club officials about the status of the match before the start and all of them confirmed that there will be no problem. Amir said:
"I spoke to several club representatives about the issue and they all told me that it was a friendly match and therefore would not contravene my ban from the ICC. I was informed that I was fine to play".
The English Cricket Board (ECB) has also involved itself in the issue and they are in touch with International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
As far as Amir is concerned he was sure there was nothing wrong with playing that match, no money was paid to him, as confirmed by the club official and they anticipated that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 will not take the game seriously.
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