(Reuters) – Banned Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir would not have the chance to return to the sport on Thursday after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing if former England batsman Kevin Pietersen had his way.
He believes any player caught fixing the outcome of matches or incidents within a game should be given life bans.
“People always deserve a second chance in life but sport is different,” the 36-year old wrote in his column in the Daily Telegraph yesterday.
“We are paid to play a sport we love and are damn lucky to lead the life of a professionalcricketer. There can be no way back.”
Amir returns for Pakistan in the first test against England at Lord’s after a five-year exile imposed after he admitted deliberately bowling a no-ball in the fourth test against England in 2010.
