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Mohammad Amir

Mohammad Amir
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Amir
Born (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 25)
Gujar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style Left hand bat
Bowling style Left arm fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 194) 4 July 2009 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 22 July 2016 v England
ODI debut (cap 173) 30 July 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 5
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008/09 Federal Areas
2008/09–2009/10 National Bank of Pakistan
2007/08–2009/10 Rawalpindi Rams
2015–present Chittagong Vikings
2016–present Karachi Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 25 17 35 36
Runs scored 546 168 724 207
Batting average 13.65 16.80 16.45 17.25
100s/50s –/– 0/2 0/2 0/1
Top score 48 73* 66 73*
Balls bowled 5293 892 6176 1927
Wickets 81 30 146 66
Bowling average 33.73 22.23 21.43 21.27
5 wickets in innings 3 0 8 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 6/84 4/28 7/61 5/36
Catches/stumpings 1/– 6/0 6/0 11/0
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2016

Mohammad Amir (Urdu: محمد عامر‎, born 13 April 1992) is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler, who opens the bowling in Tests and One Day Internationals. He made his first-class debut in 2007, and his first One-Day International and Test appearance in 2009 in Sri Lanka, at the age of 17. He played his first international match during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, where he played in every game, helping the national side win the tournament. Amir was touted as having the potential to be a leading fast bowler by former Pakistani left arm fast bowler Wasim Akram who picked him out as a prospect in 2007. Since Amir's establishment in the international arena, former Pakistani batsman Rameez Raja, as well as Akram himself, have stated that "He is much cleverer than [Akram] at 18".

On 29 August 2010, he was implicated in allegations of spot-fixing and was given a five-year ban for allegedly bowling two deliberate no-balls, Amir pleaded guilty on the verdict handed out by his prosecutor the International Cricket Council, and publicly asked for forgiveness. In November 2011, Amir was convicted, along with Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, of conspiracy charges relating to spot-fixing. He was given a five year ban which was considered lenient, due to his juvenile age and confession, as compared to the other two conspirators who were given 7 and 10 years' suspensions, effectively ending their careers.


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