http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 eyeing his international return to cricket in 2015 - Cricket News Update
Following his five-year ban and subsequent detention, the disgraced Pakistani fast bowler, Mohammad Amir, in his first TV interview (to Geo Super), has expressed his desire to make an international comeback in 2015, after serving his ban.
The 20-year-old, along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418 and Muhammad Asif, was found guilty in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal which shook the entire cricketing world. The youngster was sentenced to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to cheat
and accept payments during the Lord’s Test in 2010.
After making his debut in 2009, the left-hander became the youngest bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 50 wickets at the age of 18, a feat he achieved in only his 14th Test match.
"No one can understand the hurt I go through today when I watch the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 team playing anywhere," said the left-arm bowler, who was released from custody earlier this year after serving half of his sentence. "It is a huge punishment to realise that I
had the world at my feet and I messed it all up because of one mistake."
In March this year, the then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719, had refused to reduce his ban and asserted that the convicted player will remain barred from playing any cricket till 2015. However, Amir said that despite his absence from cricket, he is motivated
and working hard to remain fit for a return to cricket.
"I don't know what is going to happen but I am targeting a return to cricket in 2015," he added.
The bowler said that he has learnt from his mistakes and wants to redeem himself for his country and is looking forward to start a new life. "I want to do a lot for Pakistan whenever I come back."
"It was my mistake for whatever reasons and I regret it completely and I have apologised for it to my people. But now I want to move on and start a new life."
In April, on behalf of ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), Amir appeared in a five-minute video to educate the young cricketers of the perils of corruption and made a public apology for his role in the scandal.
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