Mohammed Aamir gets a "slap on the wrist" for flouting his ban

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Lucky guy!! Is he seriously thick in the head or what?

Now Aamir should focus on the criminal trial in October 2011, admit his mistakes, expose all the culprits, and get back on the international scene!

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir has escaped further punishment for playing for Surrey side Addington in June despite serving a worldwide ban at the time.

The 19-year-old is serving a five-year ban following his involvement in the spot-fixing scandal which erupted during the Lord’s Test between Pakistan and England last August.
His suspension covered all forms of cricket, but he was found to have turned out in a Surrey League game in June.
The confirmation from the ECB that it was a league fixture led to an ICC investigation. But despite Amir contravening his ban, he has been handed a slap on the wrist rather than any further punishment. “He was warned as to his future conduct and was reminded in the strongest possible terms of the conditions of his ban,” ICC spokesman Colin Gibson is quoted as saying in the Daily Star.

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Re: Mohammed Aamir gets a "slap on the wrist" for flouting his ban

To be fair it was not his fault, he did ask the club who assured him that it was not a first class game. Why did they not slap the club as well?

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Re: Mohammed Aamir gets a "slap on the wrist" for flouting his ban

He should have also checked with ICC before agreeing to play (which he never did). That is THE first thing I w'd do if I were in his position

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Re: Mohammed Aamir gets a "slap on the wrist" for flouting his ban

Well in this regard: he'll surely do a lot of things differently and i hope wisely as he still has a lot of Cricket left in him ..... I just hope he maintains some sort of Training to keep his shape

A Great Talent should not go to waste this way ..... even the Great Warne came back strong from his 1 year Ban

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Re: Mohammed Aamir gets a "slap on the wrist" for flouting his ban

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I agree with you completely.** but the first part of your statement does not exempt him from blame

I agree, he deserves a second chance once he has served out his punishment but he must also act wisely in the meantime. I mean how hard was it for him to contact someone in the ICC? I am sure ICC must have given him relevant helpline numbers to seek advice on such matters. He just did not bother to contact anyone or was simply careless!

I would probably never make him captain. A repeat of such foolishness and Aamir can say goodbye to ever playing international cricket

He has been duped twice already!! First by his captain Salman Butt (if we are to believe some of the stories that were published in the papers last year) and now by this club

Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me!!

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This kid is only 19 years old. The punishment of 5 years appears to be too severe. One year is sufficient.

One has to address the root cause - could it be the players were not compensated sufficiently (compared to players from England/Aus/India etc).

What is it they say about casting the 1st stone - the players have served enough time - bring them back .

This incident appears to be lack of understanding re: actual rules - a slap on wrist is all that was called for.