Mohammed Amir cleared to return with immediate effect

[Daemon]

Looks like he spent that time getting an education. Don't remember him speaking English so confidently before.

I think he's had a bit of PR training and answered the same questions many times before but yeah, he had a long interview with Atherton just after his release from the youth detention center as well where he spoke Urdu.

 

[Bahnz]

Not a bad start, really looking forward to seeing him bowl with a duke.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Trescothick is still playing FC?

 

[ImpatientLime]

does someone like amir who is let back into the game go through any programme to educate him on where he went wrong?

 

[G.I.Joe]

does someone like amir who is let back into the game go through any programme to educate him on where he went wrong?

heh.


Footage of Amir's "where you went wrong" programme attached:

 

[ImpatientLime]

ok it was a fairly dumb question. but he doesn't strike me as the brightest and without rehabilitation must surely be a risk.

 

[Shady Slim]

think he would know not to do it again regardless, especially when you take the treatment he's got now in to account

 

[marc71178]

does someone like amir who is let back into the game go through any programme to educate him on where he went wrong?

He'd had education before the offence. Getting caught was where he went wrong.

 

[Dan]

Trescothick is still playing FC?

Yep, and still makes runs. Although Somerset fans get hilariously knee jerk-y and call for his immediate retirement every time they lose a game.

 

[weldone]

Cook in a roundabout way thinks Amir should have got a life ban. I agree with him.

There is nothing wrong if Cook thinks so. Every test batsman who care for reputation want to protect their batting averages.

 

[Burner]

Also maybe because he rightfully thinks that those who don't respect the game should be shown the door indefinitely.

I've said that I love that Amir is getting another chance because I think he is an exciting bowler and I don't have too much of an emotional opinion about his past. But I am not going to rubbish everyone that thinks that he should have been banned forever. It's a perfectly reasonable opinion.

I get a feeling that a lot of his fans think that the cricketing fraternity owes Amir forgiveness. They don't. Will have to make peace with that.

 

[Daemon]

Asif's got 27 wickets at 13 in 4 games so far. I know the QeA sees **** like this all the time but idc I just want to watch this asshole bowl.

 

[smash84]

Asif's got 27 wickets at 13 in 4 games so far. I know the QeA sees **** like this all the time but idc I just want to watch this asshole bowl.

So do I. He was even better than Amir.

 

[mr_mister]

He was their best paceman of the 21st century

 

[oblongballs]

Asif's got 27 wickets at 13 in 4 games so far. I know the QeA sees **** like this all the time but idc I just want to watch this asshole bowl.

He is 34 years old and a worse offender then Amir. The latter was young, naive, just heading into stardom, whereas Asif was previously convicted on drugs charges, had a couple other controversies and seemed completely unrepentant with what he did. I rooted for an Amir come back but wish Asif and Butt never see international cricket again.

A word on Amir, his comeback has been filled with moments, the final wicket at Lords, that spell later on, the Asia Cup, the CT final but he has lacked consistency, especially in the longer format. I think he needs a spell away from the test side, maybe a season in the counties, then he can play in the Pakistan set up and return to tests. He did have that exceptional match for Essex earlier this year.

 

[marc71178]

Pathetic double standards. All 3 are equally as bad and guilty so can't call for one to come back but not the others, naïveté is not a legitimate excuse.

For the record, calling for any of them to come back was wrong.

 

[marc71178]

It appears it wasn’t a first offence...