After Imad, veteran pacer Amir returns to retirement citing “positive” talk with PCB
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir on Sunday said he has reconsidered his decision on international retirement after “several positive” discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and announced his availability for the ICC T20 World Cup starting in June.
In 2020, the veteran pacer announced his retirement, saying he was being “mentally tortured” by the PCB management.
The cricketer was referring to the infamous 2010 scandal when he was implicated in allegations of rigging two deliberate no-balls in exchange for payment in a betting scam in the Lord’s Test against England.
He was subsequently questioned by Scotland Yard along with teammates Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt and pleaded guilty. He was convicted in November 2011 and banned from playing for five years.
He said the current environment at the PCB and the way he was dropped from the 35-man squad to tour New Zealand was a “wake-up call” for him.
Earlier, while talking to the press in Lahore, PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi said the board — while pointing to Mohammad Yousuf and Wahab Riaz — will decide the pacer’s future.
In a post on X, Amir said that the board respectfully told him that his services were needed and he could still play for the side.
