If what Mohammad Amir told the Pakistan Cricket Board is true, then the country's cricket has slipped further in the valley of doom.
If what Mohammad Amir told the Pakistan Cricket Board is true, then the country's cricket has slipped further in the valley of doom.
Reports flooded in yesterday that Amir had confided with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt that he was forced into spot fixing by skipper Salman Butt, who had replaced Shahid Afridi after the flamboyant batsman resigned after the first Test against Australia in July.
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"The average age of the side is under 25 so to have this potential is important. If we can see the youngsters play for the next 10-12 years, we can build a very good unit. We have to give the youngsters and ourselves time and at the same time work hard. I am sure these guys are committed and they want to play for the country," Butt had told Cricinfo on assuming the captaincy.
In fact, so frank was Butt's statement that one would easily believe that he could help Pakistan cricket become a consistent force.u00a0 "I am playing for Pakistan primarily and secondly for myself.u00a0 What I see in my team is that they have the ability to fight," he added.
A captain's relationship with a raw and young player in the team is much like that of a father and son. The player needs to be taken into confidence and nurtured so that his potential can be realised to the maximum.
And more so when the youngster is as talented as Mohammed Amir is.
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