ISLAMABAD - Former pacer Muhammad Amir who doesn't see himself playing in the 2015 World Cup is thankful to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for taking up his case saying he will be ready for cricket whenever he is given a chance to resume playing.
A three-member subcommittee of the ICC is due to meet in October to submit its final report on new anti-corruption laws which could allow Amir the chance to resume training and play first class cricket before his ban ends officially in September, 2015.
Amir said all things have to go through a process and I am just grateful to the board for taking up my case. "What I did was wrong and I got lost in all the fame and wealth. "I went down the wrong path. They are people who try to lure cricketers down the wrong path and into corruption and they need to be stopped," he told a private news channel.
Amir also suggested the PCB to appoint a committee of senior players who can be tasked with keeping a watch on young players in domestic cricket and also in the national team and who can groom and educate these players on how to avoid the pitfalls of world cricket.
Amir said the seniors can play a big role in educating the new players. "But at the end it is also a fact that as an individual one has to be honest with oneself. If you are honest than no one can touch you," he said.
Amir supported the new law being enacted by the New Zealand government which entails a seven year prison sentence for players found guilty of fixing. Amir also agreed insisting that he would also support such stringent measures including prison terms for those found guilty of fixing.