KARACHI: Teenage
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir, serving six-months in jail for
spot-fixing elements of a test match, could still have a future in
international cricket, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf said.
Amir,
19, was detained for six months in a young offenders institution after
he admitted bowling two intentional no-balls in the Lord's test against
England in August 2010.
Amir, along with team mates Mohammad Asif
and Salman Butt, was banned for a minimum of five years by the
International Cricket Council in February last year.
"Whenever he
is cleared by the International Cricket Council and serves his
punishment, we think he needs intense counseling and then the selectors
can decide about him," Ashraf told a news conference on Tuesday.
"As
far as his playing again is concerned that is for the selectors to
decide because there is no doubt about his immense talent and he is
still very young."
Amir has taken 51 wickets in 14 tests.
Former
captain Butt and Asif were jailed for 30 months and one year
respectively by a London court in November for their part in the
gambling-inspired plot. (Reuters)
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