Have a great day.
Don’t follow my
footsteps: Spot-fixing convict Amir advises young cricketers
A victim of spot-fixing, suspended
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir on Friday appealed to the upcoming cricketers
to remain vigilant against “cheats” in the cricketing world.
“Don’t make a mistake
which I did. I did not tell anyone (about the pressure I was from fixers to
bowl the no-balls),” 20-year-old Amir said while appealing to the youngsters
from a sports news channel
“If anyone asks you to do
anything go to ICC (International Cricket Council) or the management of the
team and tell them about it, otherwise your career would be ruined,” said Amir, whose suspension from cricket and the subsequent ban for five
years cut short his ascending blossoming career.
A left-arm fast bowler
who opened bowling in all formats
of the game of cricket said, “Don’t
trust anyone if they (fixers) come to you as senior players or any others. Just
focus on cricket.”
“…when I was picked up
for Pakistan’s Test team I was over-excited, literally crying because that was
my dream (to be selected for Pakistan team) and I was proud to play for
Pakistan and found signing autographs, being photographed.”
“And everybody knew something
very bad happening in my career. I bowled two no balls under pressure. I was on
top of the world (till then) and within two hours people called me cheater and
fixer,” said the stylish pacer, who made
his first class debut in 2007.
Making his ODI debut and Test in 2009 against Sri Lanka at 17, had
on August 29, 2010 was implicated in allegations of spot-fixing and is serving the
ban for bowling two intentional no-balls under pressure from bookies.
Amir, who helped Pakistan win the 2009 ICC World T20, was tipped
as next Wasim Akram, had been convicted in November 2011 along with Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif on charges of
spot-fixing.
Amir, who plans to appeal the verdict, was given a six-month
prison sentence and was released on February 1, 2012 after serving three months
in jail.
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