PCB chief encourages Mohammad Amir to appeal for reduction of ban – Cricket News Update
Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675, who is currently under a five-year ban from cricket owing to his involvement in a spot-fixing case, needs to appeal to the International Cricket Council for a reduction
in the duration of his ban.
“... if Amir goes to ICC and appeals to them not now but after some time he might get a sympathetic hearing and ban period could be reduced,” Ashraf said.
Amir was convicted and tried (alongside teammate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418) at London's Southwark Crown Court for conspiracy to cheat, and for agreeing to deliberately bowl no-balls in exchange for accepting corrupt payments during a Test
match at Lords against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in 2010. The 20-year-old pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 6 months in prison.
While he was released from the Portland Young Offenders Institution in Dorset after serving half of his ban earlier this year, he is still under a five-year ban from the sport.
The ban was issued by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sharad-Gururaj-Rao-c89739 and Justice Albie Sachs, in February 2011. Amir had initially pleaded not guilty before the tribunal, only to be branded guilty later in the year, during November, following
his court hearing in the UK.
ICC chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719 claimed that Amir may have been shown more leniency in the terms of the ban had he pleaded guilty to begin with. Lorgat also went on to add that while he was sympathetic to Amir’s condition, the focus should not be on reducing the
ban, but rather on respecting the decision and rehabilitating the young pacer.
The PCB has expressed a keen interest in rehabilitating Amir and is making efforts to bring him back to the national team once the ban is over.
“We have, as per the ICC anti-corruption requirements, appointed a psychologist to have counselling sessions with Amir as part of his reform programme that is necessary under ICC regulations,” the PCB chief said.
“We are hoping that Amir would have learnt his lesson ... He has served his time in jail. As far as his ban is concerned he has to appeal to the ICC directly and plead to them to review his five year ban period,” he added.
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