Mohammad Amir has been the subject of intense debate ever since he arrived with the Pakistan team in England to play Test match after almost six years gap.The latest to jump in the criticism bandwagon is former England off spinner Graeme Swann. Writing in a column for the tabloid ‘The Sun‘, he wrote, “Amir will walk out on the green and glorious turf at Lord’s on Thursday — and it will make me feel sick. He should have been banned for life for his part in the corruption scandal of 2010. No matter how good you are, if you sell your soul for 30 pieces of silver, you have to pay the consequences and I don’t think he has.”
Also Alastair Cook had already remarked saying that, “I’m sure there will be a reaction and that is right. That is part and parcel, that when you do something like that there are more consequences than just the punishment — that is something for him to cope with, whatever comes his way.”
Swann, who picked up 255 wickets in 60 Tests and who retired from the game in December 2013 following England’s horrendous Ashes tour.England take on Pakistan in the first Test starting in Lord’s on July 14.