LAHORE\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed\u00a0that speedster Mohammad Amir has communicated his decision to move away from international cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wasim Khan spoke with Muhammad Amir on Thursday afternoon following reports that the fast bowler had announced his retirement from international cricket, said a PCB spokesman here. The 29-year-old bowler confirmed to the PCB chief executive that he has no desires or intensions of playing international cricket and as such, he should not be considered for future international matches. \u201cThis is a personal decision of Muhammad Amir, which the PCB respects, and as such, will not make any further comment on this matter at this stage,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The left-arm pacer had retired from Test cricket in mid-2019 stating that he wanted to focus on white-ball cricket. At the time, he had cited that he wanted to \u2018manage workload\u2019 to extend his career. Amir had said back in 2019: \u201cCricket is different since 2010 and if you look back I have lost five precious years of my career. Just imagine had I played in all those years, the count could have been 70-80 Tests. I can\u2019t roll back that lost time but I can manage my workload to extend my career as much as I can.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith every passing day I\u2019m getting older and I know fans want me to play. But if you look rationally I\u2019m human and not an iron man. My passion is still there and I want to be there for fans, serving the country for a long time.\u201d Upon his return for Pakistan, following a five-year ban for spot fixing, Amir played a starring role in his country\u2019s win in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, snaring 3\/16 in the tournament final against India in London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pacer was central to Pakistan\u2019s bowling attack across formats till 2019 when he called time on his Test career. The 28-year-old has played a few ODIs and T20Is since then, but has been more active in franchise cricket. Earlier this year, Amir had been left out of the central contract list. However, he played the T20I series in England when cricket resumed inside the bio-bubble. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed\u00a0that speedster Mohammad Amir has communicated his decision to move away from international cricket. PCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wasim Khan spoke with Muhammad Amir on Thursday afternoon following reports that the fast bowler had announced his retirement […]<\/p>\n
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