Mohammad Amir

At 32 years old, Mohammad Amir has this physical status:

Mohammad Amir (born 13 April 1992) is a Pakistani international cricketer.

In 2009, he made his Pakistan Cricket Team debut against Sri lanka at the age of 17. He is a left-arm fast bowler.

He made his first-class debut in November 2008 and his first One-Day International and Test appearances in Sri Lanka in July 2009.

Amir pleaded guilty to spot-fixing and was sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly throwing two deliberate no-balls during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, where he appeared in every game and aided the national team in winning the tournament.

Amir and Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were charged in November 2011 with plot fraud relating to spot-fixing.

On the 29th of January 2015, it was announced that Amir would return to domestic cricket after his initial ban was set to expire on September 2nd, which was deemed lenient due to his youth and confession, effectively ending his career.

In 2015, Mohammad Amir signed with Chittagong Vikings to compete in the BPLT20-2015 season.

He has since signed a central contract for Pakistan's tour of New Zealand in 2016. (PCB): In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be granted a central contract for the 2018-19 season.

He resigned from Test cricket on June 26, 2019 in order to narrow down the focus on limited overs cricket.

Early life

Amir was born in Changa Bangial, Gujar Khan, Pakistan, on October 13, 1992. He is the son of Raja Muhammad Fayyaz. He was the second youngest of seven children. "Wasim Akram is my favorite bowler, he's my idol." If I used to watch him on television, I'd like to know what exactly he was doing with the ball. "I will go outside and imitate his behaviour and bowling."

Amir was seen at a local tournament in 2003 and was invited to join the Bajwa Cricket Academy, which is the chairman of the Bajwa Cricket Academy in Rawalpindi.

Amir and his family travelled to Lahore, Iraq, to be closer to top-flight cricket facilities after joining the national team.

Narjis Khan, a British civilian, married Amir Khan in September 2016. Minsa Amir and Zoya Amir's children have two daughters together, as well as two others.

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Domestic and T20 career

At a fast bowling camp in 2007, Amir was first selected as a fast bowler by the former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram. Amir, who was 15 years old at the time, was on a tour of England with the Pakistani U-19 cricket team and was one of the best bowlers in the country. He took 8 wickets at an average of 16.37. In 2008, he took 4 wickets in successive matches against Sri Lanka and England. He again excelled at his speed and swing bowling in Sri Lanka's tri-nation tournament, taking 9 wickets at an average of 11.22 per match. He was limited to participating in the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia due to injury.

He made his domestic debut for the Rawalpindi Rams in March 2008 while simultaneously representing the National Bank of Pakistan. He took 55 first-class wickets for NBP during his first domestic season. He took a number of top order wickets, some of those of international players. He made his international debut in the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup thanks to his solid domestic form.

In the inaugural version of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament, he was selected to play for the Dublin Chiefs in July 2019. However, the tournament was cancelled the next month. In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Khulna Tigers in the 2019-20 Bangladesh Premier League. He was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League in October 2020. Following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators in November 2021. Following the players' draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League, he was signed by the Karachi Kings in December 2021.

T10 franchise career

He was signed by Bangla Tigers for the 2021–22 T10 League, but he was forced to cancel due to a positive for covid-19.

International career

In the group stages of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Amir made his international debut against England. Ravi Bopara was out for his second ball in his debut international over, with Shoaib Malik taking a fine catch and losing only one run. Amir made his One Day International match debut against Sri Lanka, taking 3 wickets at an economic rate of 4.50 and also scoring 23 runs.

Amir was selected in the Pakistan test squad for the series in Sri Lanka following his highly successful 2009 T20 World Cup tournament. He was chosen alongside fast bowler Umar Gul and Abdur Rauf, long before more popular and familiar names such as Sohail Tanvir were introduced. He began his Test career by taking six wickets in the series, which included Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara's wicket in both innings, as well as Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene's wicket in the 2nd innings. However, he did not get any wickets in his next two Test matches. In the first Test match in New Zealand, his next test wickets came in New Zealand, where he took four wickets in the first Test match in a losing match. During his fifth Test match with the Pakistan team, he won his first Test match with the Pakistan team as Pakistan won convincingly by 141 runs in the second innings, with Taylor scoring 97 runs in the second innings. He shone with the bat as well as showed a solid strategy for a lower order batsman.

Amir continued to impress in his first stint in 6 of the 7 games he played, including the final. He was particularly good at using the short ball, with his skiddies rushing into the batsmen, often causing them to mishit the ball for a catch. Amir maintained his quickest delivery in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka at 152 kilometres per hour (94.4 miles per hour). Certainly, his most memorable moment in the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup final against Sri Lanka came in the first round. With quick deliveries to Tillakaratne Dilshan, the tournament's top scorer, he bowled with ease and produced his wicket on the fifth wicket and brought the tournament's highest scorer to an end.

In a Twenty20 International match against Australia in the first stages of the 2010 World Cup Amir took three wickets in a five wicket-maiden over. The other two guys were caught out in the same way. In Twenty20 and 5 wickets for a team in one over, this was a world record for a bowler.

Even after his outstanding results in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Amir was ignored by the Pakistan Cricket Board when they gave cricket contracts to Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Yousuf. Amir was given a 'C' category contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board later today.

He scored 73 runs against New Zealand on November 9, 2009, the highest number one batsman in ODI history, until Ravi Rampaul set a new record by scoring 86* when batting at number ten in 2011. Amir's 103 runs to Pakistan's chase in that innings, but the team was disappointed by 7 runs.

He impressed the Pakistan cricket team, including Wasim Akram, who took credit for finding Amir, but Akram later said that Amir needed to gain more weight to help with his growth.

Pakistan toured Sri Lanka in 2009 and announced a 62-run alliance with fast bowler Umar Gul for the tenth wicket, but Pakistan lost by 36 runs. In 2009–2010, he appeared in a game against New Zealand. He scored 73 runs not out in a three-day International match, his highest score by a number 10 batsman in One Day International cricket and a 103-run-tether partnership with Saeed Ajmal. He was unable to get his team to their victory target of 212 runs after Ajmal was declared out in the last over and Pakistan lost by just 7 runs.

He took his first five wicket haul against Australia in 2010, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, taking the wickets of Australian batsmen Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, and Michael Clarke. Pakistan won the 2nd Test match against Australia on July 24, 2010, the first Test match against Australia in 15 years, which also tied the series 1–1. He took 7 wickets overall and was named Man of the match during this match. He was the top wicket taker of both teams in the second series in terms of his 11 scalps.

Amir was named Man of the match in 2010 for being the youngest player to ever earn a five-wicket haul in England. He also became the youngest player to take 50 test wickets from several former international cricketers. He took 19 wickets against England, the highest of the Pakistanis and third highest overall at an amazing average of 18.3. He also had 2 five-wicket hauls.

Amir made his domestic debut for Omar Associates in the grade II patron's award after five years on March 13, 2015. In his first comeback over, he took a wicket.

Mohammad Amir was declared completely free to play all forms of cricket from September 2nd. He returned to international cricket in a T20I match against New Zealand on January 15, 2016. In a Pakistan Super League match for Karachi Kings in February 2016, Amir scored a hat-trick. He appeared in the inaugural T20I edition of Asia Cup in 2016 and again in the 2016 ICC World Twenty2020. He made his international comeback against England later this year, where English fans booed him to yell "No Ball!" At him.

After arriving at no.11 in the ODIs and becoming the first cricketer to score a half-century in ODIs after being last in the batting order after being ranked last in the batting order on August 30, 2016. He was disqualified for the next match against England two days later.

He and Sarfraz Ahmed set the record for the highest 8th wicket partnership in ICC Champions Trophy history(75%).

Amir appeared in the 2016 Asia Cup after returning to international cricket. Amir performed one of his best spells against arch rival India in the fourth game of the tournament. Pakistani first was dismissed out for 83 runs. In the first over itself, Amir took 2 wickets in the first over itself, putting the Indian team under pressure. However, India attempted the target with four overs to spare, and Amir finished with 318 in the match, with Amir finishing with 318. He maintained his fine showing throughout the tournament and finished with 7 wickets on a sub-county.

In the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, Amir played his second ICC ODI tournament. Amir struggled to pick up wickets in two games against arch rivals India and South Africa, but was still cost effective with figures of 0/32 (8.1) and 0/50 (10) respectively. It was in the Sri Lankan game where he took his first wickets. He selected key wickets of Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella and concluded with figures of 2/53 (10). But his best contribution came from bat, where he scored 28 out of 63. Pakistan was aiming at 237/7 before he arrived, and he and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed posted an unbeaten record of 75 to guide his team's fourth semi final of the Champions Trophy.

Due to back spasms, Amir was unable to participate in the semi final against England. However, his absence was barely noticeable on debut with 2/44, as his replacement, Rumman Raees bowled well on debut. Pakistan won the match by 8 wickets.

Amir was instrumental in helping Pakistan win the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy by taking top three wickets against arch-rivals India in the Final. Amir was in his second ICC final. It was against India, who were in a good situation. It was the Indian batsmen who needed to be taken care of after Pakistan posted a frightening total of 338. Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, and Virat Kohli, India's top three batsmen, scored 70% of the country's runs in the tournament. They were all thrown out, according to Amir. Sharma was trapped in front of LBW, where he was given a three ball duck. He took the Indian skipper for 5 weeks after he was scheduled to leave. At first slip, Kohli, who was first in first, was pushed by Azhar Ali. However, he didn't have to wait long to take the wicket, giving him a head start on the next ball, where Shadab Khan took a good catch. Amir bowled a cross seamer to Dhawan, which he edged to Sarfaraz Ahmed for 21 runs. Amir had a 66% success, which was enough to say that he had a career. When Amir's side bowled out the defending champions out for 158 runs, winning by 180 runs.

Virat Kohli, India's best batsman in the world, has been rated by Amir. Kohli also rated Amir as one of the world's top bowlers. According to Amir's brother, this was what he wanted to do. He wanted to make amends for his wrongdoings after the spot fixing scandal in the same city, and the final was something that brought his family joy.

Amir's result in the Asia Cup was mediocre. He was unable to pick up a single wicket during Amir's three games. He was therefore disqualified for the last match. Amir was disconceived for 41 runs in his 5 overs, not picking up a single wicket in his last Asia Cup match against India. Both his countrymen and the cricket world chastised his results.

After the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named their final fifteen-man squad for the tournament in May 2019, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Amir scored his first five-wicket haul in ODIs on June 12, 2019, in the match against Australia. With 17 dismissals in eight matches, he finished the tournament as Pakistan's top wicket taker.

In July 2019, Mohammad Amir announced his retirement from Test Cricket. He finished his test career with a batting average of 30.47 and taking 144 wickets. Since his debut in 2009, he has appeared in 36 tests.

Amir denied ill-treatment from the Pakistan Cricket Board, and he would not be available for selection in international cricket anymore. He had cited "mental torture" by the government as the reason for his decision, and he had openly sluggishly criticized Pakistan team leadership and coaching staff, including Waqar Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq, on more than one occasion. They have also stated that they have attempted to damage his reputation, and that building your image takes a lot of hard work.

Despite Waqar Younis' denial, the speaker denied it and said the words of Muhammad Amir had caused him to be concerned.

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