Faisal Javed comes call at support of Mohammad Amir
Senator Faisal Javed asks Mohammad Amir to reconsider his decision to quit Test cricket.
ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Javed Khan has defended the disgruntled player Mohammad Amir and advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and senior players to settle the difficulty amicably.
Javed expressed on Twitter his opinion on the controversy that hit Pakistan cricket on Thursday, suggesting both parties sit together to sort their differences.
In a shocking statement on Thursday, Amir announced his retirement from the sport citing the "mental torture" and "hostile environment" created against him since he decided to limit himself to white-ball cricket last year.
Javed asked the cricketer to reconsider his decision to quit Test cricket, saying “his age and form still suit him this very format”.
“No emotional decision please,” the senator tweeted.
Amir, who was jailed in 2011 for his part during a spot-fixing scandal, served three months in prison and a five-year ban from all sorts of cricket before returning to the Pakistan squad in January 2016.
The left-arm bowler has since excelled in limited-overs cricket, helping Pakistan to the Champions Trophy title in 2017, but last month he was dropped from the squad to tour New Zealand.
Asked if he was leaving the game altogether he said: "No, I'm not departure from cricket. If you've got seen the atmosphere here and therefore the way i have been sidelined, I got a warning call once I wasn't selected within the 35-man squad," Amir told Samaa TV.
"I don't think I can play cricket under this management. i feel I should leave cricket this point . i'm being tortured mentally. i do not think I can tolerate any longer torture now.
"I've experienced tons of torture from 2010 to 2015. i used to be faraway from the sport and sentenced for my mistake. I'm being tortured again and again..."
Amir, who has 259 wickets across all formats, had retired from test cricket last year to specialise in the white-ball game.
He was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers in last year's 50-overs World Cup in England with 17 wickets as they omitted on a semi-final spot.
Amir added that the sole people that supported him were former captain Shahid Afridi and former PCB chairman Najam Sethi.
"Sethi and Shahid Afridi were the 2 people whom i will be able to thank forever, both of them supported me at a troublesome time," he added.
"I returned after completing the sentence of 5 years, it isn't like I returned after a year... the remainder of the team said, 'We won't play with Mohammad Amir'."
The PCB said Amir had confirmed to chief executive Wasim Khan that he had "no desires or intentions of playing international cricket" and will therefore not be considered for selection.
"This may be a personal decision of Mohammad Amir, which the PCB respects," it said during a statement
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