Don’t know why Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt didn’t make a comeback, Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq says nothing was stopping them from playing again

Misbah-ul-Haq said he doesn't know why Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt didn't make a comeback after serving their bans

Misbah-ul-Haq: “I don’t know why Mohammad Asif or Salman Butt were not selected after completing their bans”

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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq said he doesn’t know why former captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif never made international comebacks after serving their bans.

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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir: ‘My body just sort of shut down’

Mohammad Amir: “A cricketer’s life is very short, especially a fast bowler’s career and the 5 year gap did a lot of damage to my body. I couldn’t play club cricket or use PCB’s facilities during the ban and my body just sort of shut down”

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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir has explained that his “body just sort of shut down” during his five-year ban from the sport.

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Arthur reveals what stopped Amir from being ‘up there with the very best Pakistan have ever had’

Mickey Arthur: “Had he not had those five years out of the game, I think he would be up there with the very best Pakistan have ever had”

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Mickey Arthur firmly believes that had left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir not been banned for five years, he would be “up there with the very best Pakistan have ever had”.

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The ICC has no plans to reduce Mohammad Amir’s five-year ban, says David Richardson

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Amir will be allowed to make his comeback in 2015

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has announced that there are no plans to reduce the five-year ban imposed upon disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir, who was found guilty of spot-fixing during a Test match against England at Lord’s in 2010.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Mohammad Asif presents appeal against seven-year ban to CAS

Asif’s international career could be all but over if his ban is not lifted

Disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has presented an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in hopes that they will consider overturning the seven-year ban the International Cricket Council (ICC) slapped him with for his role in a match-fixing scandal that rocked the cricketing world to its core.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Salman Butt makes desperate plea to resume international career as appeal deadline looms

Butt is hoping his 10-year ban will be lifted by CAS

Disgraced former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has made a desperate plea to resume his international career as he prepares to appeal against the 10-year ban the International Cricket Council (ICC) slapped him with after he was found guilty of match-fixing during a Test match against England in 2010.

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