LAHORE: Following the relaxation of a fixing ban, Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir on Wednesday said that injuries to...
LAHORE: Following the relaxation of a fixing ban, Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir on Wednesday said that injuries to senior players and bans on bowlers are the main reasons behind current imbalance in the team.
Speaking to media representatives after visiting cancer patient children at Shaukat Khanam Hospital, he said that he was working on his fitness and form and will be seen in action from March 9.
The 22-year-old left-armer will play for Omar Associates in the Patron´s Trophy Grade-II national tournament – one rung below first-class.
Amir, on the occasion to mark the Cancer Day, also played cricket and posed for photographs with the children besides distributing presents that included cricket bats and World Cup kits.
He also urged philanthropists to donate generously for the construction of Shaukat Khanam Hospital in Peshawar.
The Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week cleared Amir to play domestic cricket in Pakistan with immediate effect.
The decision followed last year´s ruling that allowed all banned players to return to first-class cricket a few months before their ban expires.
The ICC banned Amir along with Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif for five years over a spot-fixing case in England in 2010.
The trio were convicted of taking money in return for bowling deliberate no-balls during the Lord´s Test against England in August that year.
All three players along with their agent Mazhar Majeed were jailed in Britain a year later.
The PCB said Amir would be monitored on and off the field for the next few months before being cleared to play international cricket once his ban expires in September this year.