PCB failed to protect Mohammad Amir, feels the fast bowler’s mentor – Cricket News Update
Mohammad Amir’s coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675, who was just 18 years of age during the controversial tour of England last year.
The left-arm bowling sensation became a victim of the massive controversy that arose during the Lords Test last year, when a British tabloid, News of the World broke the story of deliberate no-balls by Pakistan fast bowlers, Amir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993, who were
supported by the then captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Salman-Butt-c2418.
All of them are facing lengthy bans from all kinds of competitive cricket and have also been jailed for different periods of time in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Amir considered as one of the brightest talent in international cricket and a number of cricket analysts predicted a great future for him. Some rated him as the successor of legendary Pakistani bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292.
Bajwa, who took care of Amir since he was only 11, said that Amir was a teenager and the team management should have gave him more attention. Amir’s mentor believes that the young fast bowler did not have the understanding that what is good and what is bad
for him.
He said, "It was the team management's responsibility to take care of him. They should have taken a strict stance but the culture is very lenient and unprofessional. Why couldn't they shut out those elements that tempted our cricketers?
Bajwa also revealed that the left arm fast bowler never had any disciplinary issues and he was perfectly fine until he reached the international level, where he failed to found proper guidance. He feels that Amir was a cricketer of highest ability and could
have served http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 for many years to come but PCB failed to protect him.
"I brought him up but he was distracted only after entering the international arena, where he didn't find the right people around him. They [the PCB] wanted a cricketer to represent Pakistan - we gave them one. But now who is responsible? Who is to be blame?
The board should have taken care of the other elements," he added.
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