Amir backs life bans for fixers

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan's Mohammad Amir said match-fixers should be banned for life as he prepares to return to Test cricket at Lord's, where an infamous 2010 spot-fixing scandal landed him a jail term and a five-year ban.
The fast bowler backed comments from England captain Alastair Cook, who said anyone caught match-fixing should be thrown out of the sport for good.
“If fixing is still happening then it's really alarming," Amir said in an interview before his departure for the four-Test tour of England. "I fully back that fixers should be banned for life.”
The 24-year-old left-armer can expect a cool reception from fans at Lord's, where he was caught bowling no-balls to order in a sting operation carried out by a tabloid newspaper.
But Cook said earlier this month that he had no problem playing against Amir, who has served his ban and returned to international cricket in January.
Amir and new-ball partner Mohammad Asif bowled no-balls to order on the instructions of their captain Salman Butt. All three received five-year bans and, together with sports agent Mazhar Majeed, jail terms.

 

Amir backs life bans for fixers

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistans Mohammad Amir said match-fixers should be banned for life as he prepares to return to Test cricket at Lords, where an infamous 2010 spot-fixing scandal landed him a jail term and a five-year ban. The fast bowler backed comments from England captain Alastair Cook, who said anyone caught match-fixing should be thrown out of the sport for good. If fixing is still happening then its really alarming, Amir said in an interview before his departure for the four-Test tour of England. I fully back that fixers should be banned for life. The 24-year-old left-armer can expect a cool reception from fans at Lords, where he was caught bowling no-balls to order in a sting operation carried out by a tabloid newspaper. But Cook said earlier this month that he had no problem playing against Amir, who has served his ban and returned to international cricket in January. Amir and new-ball partner Mohammad Asif bowled no-balls to order on the instructions of their captain Salman Butt. All three received five-year bans and, together with sports agent Mazhar Majeed, jail terms.