Pakistans players are ready to close ranks around Mohammad Amir when he makes
his long-awaited Test comeback at Lords this week - but they are also focused on
shutting out the noise surrounding Amirs return to the scene of his spot-fixing
involvement six years ago and intend to let their efforts on the pitch do most
of the talking.
Ian Kennedy Royals Jersey .Wahab Riaz has
already described Amir as the teams little brother and he reiterated their
support for the 24-year-old, who is likely to be under intense scrutiny in his
first Test since 2010, after which he served time in a young offenders institute
as well as a five-year ICC ban from all cricket for agreeing to bowl deliberate
no-balls.Despite the shadow cast over Pakistans last visit to Lords, Amirs name
remains on the honours board for his first-innings 6 for 84. Wahab said he hoped
Amir would be able to repeat the feat this time around and that another
five-wicket haul in sunnier circumstances would help to rehabilitate his
reputation, as well as put Pakistan on their way to upsetting England in the
first Test.What has happened has gone now, it has gone a long way now so I think
the best thing is that he can perform well, Wahab said. I want him to take five
wickets in this Test match to get his name back and to get his image back, which
has been spoiled, and I wish him all the best to win this Test for
Pakistan.While the current England team - a handful of whom played in the 2010
Test - have largely expressed a willingness to face Amir, some former players,
notably Graeme Swann and Kevin Pietersen, have suggested that match-fixers
should automatically be banned for life. Speaking last month, Alastair Cook put
forward a similar view, although he was satisfied that, in Amirs case, he had
served than ban that he was given at the time.The question of how the Lords
crowd will react when Amir readies himself to bowl at the ground once again also
looms over the Test, but Wahab said his team-mate was mentally strong enough to
handle the pressure.I think he will deal with all those things and he is ready
to answer with his performance and that is what counts, Wahab said. He is ready
for everything. If you make a mistake it doesnt mean that you are out of this
world and people will keep blaming you for that. Once he has done his punishment
then it is a new life for him and he is ready to have a go again.Responding to
several questions about the significance of the occasion, Wahab said the
Pakistan players were getting used to letting it go in one ear and out the
other.You cannot stop what people say and what people think, he said. It doesnt
matter what people think and we are not here to answer what people think. The
only thing is we are here to play good cricket and here to play competitive
cricket against an England team who are very good in their home conditions.Our
focus and concentration is to win this Test match and play as good as we can for
our country and win this game. That is all we are thinking. We know things will
come and go but you hear it in one ear and you leave it with the other and you
just concentrate on your cricket.Pakistans last two tours of England have ended
in controversial - not to mention heavy - defeats: the forfeiture at The Oval in
2006 led to a 3-0 scoreline, while England wrapped up the series 3-1 four years
later. Their last Test series win in this country came 20 years ago, in 1996,
but they arrive this time as the higher ranked side, on the back of a thorough
programme of preparation and acclimatisation, and having won their five of their
last six Test matches against England.Pakistan briefly rose to No. 2 in the ICC
Test rankings - they are currently third, a place above England - after beating
England 2-0 in the UAE last year and Wahab pointed to Misbah-ul-Haq, who stepped
up to replace Salman Butt as captain after the 2010 spot-fixing crisis and
oversee the rebuilding of the team, as the main reason for their recent
success.What has happened before has gone, he said. It was six years ago and
Pakistan have made their name in Test cricket. From the last four years we have
had a Test ranking of two, three, four. Under the captaincy of Misbah this team
is much more united.We have seen the hard time of Pakistan cricket. Its easy to
see and easy to talk about but we have worked hard after what happened. We have
managed to make people all over the world believe that Pakistan is a good Test
team. The belief will come - it depends how much crowd will come and want to see
the Test matches. If it is a full house that means they do believe in the
Pakistan team. Pakistan are a strong team and can always give you a hard time.
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