Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has opened the door for left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir to come back out of worldwide retirement and play for the nation once more.
Sethi, who changed Ramiz Raja because the PCB chief, stated in an interview that the Board would haven’t any objection if Amir wished to come back out of retirement.
“Amir has been a very good performer for Pakistan and we have no problems if he wants to make himself available for selection again,” he added.
Amir was banned for 5 years for his involvement within the spot-fixing scandal in England in 2010.
Sethi has additionally given permission to Amir to coach on the High Performance Centre in Lahore, a venue the place he was persona non grata through the 14-month tenure of Raja after his fallout with former coaches Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis and ultimately retired from worldwide cricket in December 2020.
Sethi stated that he thought in a different way from Raja so far as gamers who’ve served bans are involved.
“My thinking is that once a player has completed his ban, he deserves a second chance like everyone else,” he stated.
Sethi was within the cricket board and performed a key position in fast-tracking Amir again into the nationwide group in early 2016 after he had accomplished his five-year ban.
Amir had a public fallout with Misbah and Waqar and in addition didn’t see eye to eye with the chairman and CEO of the PCB in 2020, Ehsan Mani and Wasim Khan.
Raja just lately lashed out at Amir for his essential tweets about Pakistan cricket and stated he would by no means have allowed him to play for Pakistan once more.
Since Sethi took over and appointed Shahid Afridi as interim chief selector, batter Sharjeel Khan has been named within the listing of probables for the upcoming one-day collection at house towards New Zealand.
Sharjeel additionally served a ban and was handed a fantastic for his involvement in spot fixing within the Pakistan Super League (PSL) however has been given a second likelihood.
Amir had congratulated Sethi as quickly as he changed Raja as PCB chairman and stated the best particular person had taken over the affairs of the cricket board.
Amir informed the media that he has not but determined when to come back out of retirement however sources near him stated the pacer solely desires to play in white-ball codecs for Pakistan and won’t take again his resolution to retire from Test cricket.
A supply additionally confirmed that former head coach Mickey Arthur can be anticipated to substantiate his availability for the Pakistan group by subsequent week.