http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 returns home after serving prison sentence – Cricket News Update
Mohammad Amir, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s banned fast bowler, who was jailed for his involvement in spot-fixing last year in November, has returned home after serving 3 months in a prison in England.
Amir was singled out by veteran Wasim Akram at a pace camp in Lahore as a promising talent in 2007, went on to debut for the national side in 2009 at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20. Considered a bright new addition to the Pakistan team, he went on to amass 51 wickets
in 14 test matches and 25 wickets in 15 ODIs.
However, his soaring career was cut short when he, along with teammates http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993, was convicted and sentenced by the Southwark Crown Court to 6 months in prison in November 2011, for having accepted corrupt
payments in exchange for an agreement to bowl deliberate no-balls in a Test match against England at Lord’s in August 2010. Amir pleaded guilty, and his sentence was less severe than the ones handed to Butt and Asif.
The 19-year-old was released from the Portland Young Offenders Institution in Dorset nearly a month ago, after having served half of his 6-month sentence. He arrived at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore at 4.45am, on February 26, accompanied
by his solicitor Sajida Malik.
While he may have done prison time, Amir still needs to wait out a 5-year ban from any kind of cricket, imposed on him by the ICC in February 2011. However, Amir is planning to appeal against the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“He made a mistake and he admitted it. Now what required is his image building,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asif-Bajwa-c46467, Amir’s mentor. “He has already served his term being imprisoned in London. We have hired a solicitor from London who will provide us legal aid and we will decide
whether to appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport or not.”
The PCB has also expressed interest in welcoming the pacer back into the international mix, once he has served the term of the ban.
"I want to see Amir back, but only after considering the legality of the case and only after he serves the ban,” said PCB chairman, Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397.
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