Pakistan’s tainted pacer Mohammad Aamir will return to Pakistan on February 26 after getting his passport from the British government. Meanwhile, the other two cricketers involved in spot-fixing Salman Butt and Mohammed Amir’s have had their appeals against their jail sentences dismissed by the Court of Appeal in London.
The Lord Chief Justice remarked “ The cricketers betrayed their team, their country, the sport that had given them their distinction and all the world followers of the game. The reality is that all the enjoyment of watching cricket will be destroyed if this was allowed to continue. This is a notorious and essentially simple case. It was a betting scam and they were very well rewarded”.
Butt and Amir were not present at the Court of Appeal for the decision.
According to sources close to the bowler’s family, he will be appealing his ICC ban with assistance from the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Aamer was convicted of spot-fixing and given a sentence of six months and is under five years ban on playing cricket from the International Cricket Council.
