A London court put him in jail for corrective sentence for 6 month and he was released from the jail on good conduct. But the ICC 5 yr ban still remains to be reconsidered. “Every law has some room for good conduct and the ICC can find compassion for this young pace. The 5 year ban indicates that he’d be able to come back to cricket in 2015 but by then his career would be over. For a fast bowler it’s tough to stay match fit while staying away from the sport and he hasn’t been even permitted to play club cricket,” says Waqar Younis. “We must have sympathy with him because he is so young. His skill will not only be missed by me but also by the Pakistan squad,” he added.

Waqar Younis was the coach when Amir bowled that popular deliberate no-ball at Lord’s which started the fixing probe, and even told the paceman about it during the lunch time. He was identified to be engaged in spot-fixing along with skipper Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif. They’re also found responsible of conspiring and unfaithful and are serving their phrases in a prison in London. Butt was locked up for two and a half yrs and Asif one and half years.

“There is always a 2nd opportunity and he must have learnt his lessons,” he added. “Even Imran Khan, ex- Pakistan skipper, acknowledged his ability. It indicates there’s something special in this guy,” he added.

Aamer, Salman and Asif were found responsible in the scandal that shook the world in May 2010. On November 3, Butt, Asif and Aamer became the initial players ever to be jailed for corruption after they were found responsible in the spot-fixing case. Southwark Crown Court sentenced Butt to prison for two and a half yrs, while Asif was handed a twelve months jail phrase. Aamer was also found responsible but was sentenced to 6 months in the young offenders’ detention center instead of prison.

Cricketers’ agent Mazhar Majeed got the strongest penalties as he was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in jail after a trial that ran for near to 3 weeks. Butt and Asif were found responsible of conspiracy to deceive and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments by a court while Mazhar Majeed and Aamer pleaded responsible at a pre-trial in Sept.

In Feb, Butt was banned for a decade, five of which were suspended, Asif for 7 yrs, while Aamer was suspended for 5 yrs by the ICC in disciplinary action against the players.

As per reliable sources near to national selectors, there’s a consensus within the selection board that Shoaib Malik is the ideal substitute for take over the captaincy from Misbah-ul-Haq, once the present skipper bids goodbye to the game.The reliable sources says, “The feeling is that we should be preparing somebody as the next skipper whenever Misbah steps down and Shoaib Malik looks to be the most powerful bet.”

“The selectors have had a thing with the team management and there’s help for Shoaib Malik to make a comeback for the limited over matches against England,” he added. Shoaib Malik was dropped for the Test series against England due to bad form, but the batsman has been performing hard and has given a good performance in regional cricket to convince the selectors that he needs to earn a place back in the squad.

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Speaking with a private news channel, he says the national team have to play 3rd and final test as a new game and shouldn’t be over-confident. In the last game, he says, toppling England side with a small target of 145 runs was a superb achievement. Shahid Afridi says that the Pakistan’s batsmen have to play long inning with more responsibility in next game.

Responding to a query, he says the youngsters including Asad Shafique and Azhar Ali done really well. He says the youngsters should’ve to do at this level when they’re making place in the national squad. Responding to a different question, Shahid Afridi says that spinner Abdul Rehman has availed the opportunity and played a important role in victory.

Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman destroyed the England batting on Saturday in the 2nd Test here taking 9 wickets between them as the England were all out for 72 in their 2nd innings, their smallest total ever in tests against  Pakistan. It gave Pakistan 2-0 lead in the 3 test series as they won by 72 runs. Saeed Ajmal took 3-22 while Abdul Rehman registered career top statistics of 6-25 which saw the former rise 1 spot to # 2 in the ICC test bowlers’ ratings, while Abdul Rehman is in 9th spot after moving up 5 positions and is in the top 10 for the first occasion.

Saeed Ajmal – who also reached the milestone of 100 test wickets in just his 19th game – trails # 1 placed Dale Steyn of South Africa by 84 points. This is the initial occasion in 23 yrs that 2 Pakistan spinners figure inside the top ten of the Test player ratings. In Sept . 1988, Abdul Qadir was placed 5th and Iqbal Qasim tenth, the ICC says.

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After England annihilation in 2011 where the Indian side lost 4-0, the earlier top positioned side in Test cricket was crushed 4-0 by Australia in the presently concluded Test series Down Under.On the other hand, Dhoni is likely to carry on as skipper for the limited-overs versions of the game, ODI and twenty 20.It’s considered that ego conflict between Sehwag and Dhoni is somewhat the cause of India’s disaster in Australia.

Sehwag isn’t pleased with the way Dhoni functions. Be it field positions during a Test match or promoting a fresh person, Sehwag feels his ideas aren’t heard. Also, Sehwag feels that he hasn’t got his due – captaincy – due to Dhoni and the Indian selectors now want to give him a possibility.

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India, which had entered the series in 2nd spot on 118 ratings points, has dropped to 111 ranking points. 4th placed Australia has improved its standing in the Championship table after receiving 8 ranking points which has put it alongside India on 111 ranking points.

However, Team India is still placed above Australian by a fraction of a point. When the rankings are calculated beyond the decimal point, India has 111.10 ranking points while Aussie is on 110.80 ranking points.Australia will have a opportunity to move ahead of India when it visits to the West Indies in March to play in a 3 Test series, which will start in Barbados in April.  Australia will require to win the series by 1-0 or better to gain number 3 spot on the Championship table.

Since Dec 16, 2010 India have decreased from 129 rating points to 111 ranking points.
Within the last 13 months, India drew 1-1 in South Africa, won 1-0 in the West Indies, lost 4-0 in England, defeat the West Indies (2-0) at home before losing 0-4 in Australia. England and South Africa are on the # 1 and 2 spot with 125 and 117 ranking points respectively.

ICC Test Championship table:
1. England – 125 rating points
2. South Africa – 117
3. India – 111
4. Australia – 111
5. Pakistan – 99
6. Sri Lanka – 98
7. West Indies – 88
8. New Zealand – 83
9. Bangladesh – 4

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Ponting has been hired an officer in the general division of the Order of Australia for remarkable service to cricket and to the community through the Ponting Foundation, which assists cancer patients.

Ex- Wallabies rugby players Stirling Mortlock and George Smith have received the same honours. Young sailor Jessica Watson, who became the youngest individual to sail solo and non-stop all over the world in 2009, was given the Medal of the Order ofAustralia.

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Last week, it’s reported that the Bharat Ratna can now be given in reputation of excellent services or performance of the top order “in any area of human endeavour” covering nearly every area which was not in the purview. The honor was earlier limited to areas like arts, literature, science and public service, as the govt found it hard to consider those outside these areas including sports.

Several political figures from Maharashtra had been pushing for the Bharat Ratna Award for Tendulkar, which prompted sports minister Ajay Maken to write to the PM’s Office regarding the matter. The IPL commissioner and the vice-president of the BCCI, Rajiv Shukla attempted to clarify their failure to deliver the suggestion indicating “the ministry itself chooses the names and not BCCI.”

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While comparing the 3 cricketers on Star Cricket, Ganguly says, “Undoubtedly Kallis.”  The discussion came to the fore on Star Cricket as ex- Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting on today became the 3rd batsman in the history of Test cricket to score 13,000 or more runs during his best Innings against India in the 4th and last Test

Tendulkar leads the list of leading run scorers in Test cricket with 15,432 runs along with Rahul Dravid (13262) and Ricky Ponting (13039). Jacques Kallis scored 12, 260 runs in 150 Tests at an average of 57.02 in addition to 274 wickets in Test format.

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