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Mohammad Aamer ban on spot fixing

Mohammad Aamer could play domestic cricket by year end: Pakistan Cricket Board

PCB chief Najam Sethi remains optimistic on the tainted pacer's chances of playing cricket again.

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Mohammad Aamer aims to start playing before end of ban

Mohammad Aamer appears determined to make things right to ensure comeback.

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Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer eager to return to cricket

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer were given 5-year bans for spot-fixing.

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Mohammad Aamer’s return will be an encouraging precedent in international cricket

Whether tainted cricketers should be given a chance to return to the game is a classic conflict between everyone deserves a second chance and opportunity knocks just once. However, Mohammad Aamer’s successful return to international cricket can serve as a good role-model in a country where stars and cricketers have a huge influence. However, such decisions are better used judiciously and Aamer’s case should be one such exception. Abhijit Banare explains as the hope for Aamer to return to international cricket brightens with PCB taking keen interest.

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Mohammad Aamer hopes his ban is reduced as PCB take up his case with ICC

Mohammad Aamer, the banned Pakistani speedster has expressed his wish to return to cricket early. Aamer was banned for five years for his role in spot-fixing during the 2010 Lord’s Test against England. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, Najam Sethi is pursuing Aamer’s case before the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) board meeting in London, which is commencing on Thursday.

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Mohammad Aamer should not be shown leniency due to talent

From the moment the News of the World (NoTW) published the spot-fixing story, the cricketing world, it seemed, was taken by storm. A large number of Pakistani cricket fanatics went about expressing soft sentiments for the young Mohammad Aamer and each had their own argument.

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Mohammad Aamer backs Rahul Dravid’s call to criminalise match-fixing

Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Aamer, whose international career was ruined due to involvement in spot-fixing, has backed former Indian captain Rahul Dravid's suggestion to make fixing a criminal offence.

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ICC dismiss reports of allowing Mohammad Aamer to resume playing domestic cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed media reports in Pakistan that banned left arm pacer Mohammad Aamer had been allowed to resume playing domestic cricket by them.

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It’s important that Mohammad Aamer must serve his complete ban

The summer of 2010 was indeed a horrifying one for the Pakistan cricket team and its fans all around the globe. Three Pakistani players were accused of falling prey to the evil of spot-fixing in the fourth and final Test match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s. These players were key members of the Pakistani squad: captain Salman Butt, swing sensation Mohammad Asif and boy wonder Mohammad Aamer.

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Mohammad Aamer’s ban may be relaxed

The conditions of Mohamman Aamer’s five year ban for spot-fixing may be relaxed to allow him to return to cricket as soon as the term is over. What this means is that he might be allowed to use the training facilities under the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) so that he can come back in September 2015 i.e. when the ban gets over.

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