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Subash Jayaraman: The case of Mohammad Amir - he is now playing domestic cricket, and he could play for Pakistan soon. This is from listeners Siva and Bharathram: when the spot-fixing controversy happened, it was one of the sadder sights watching you on television, getting emotional, and David Gower had to go to a break. How have you viewed that event since then, and what is your take on his comeback into cricket?
Michael Holding: Again, that is an example of what I am talking about. He was 18 years old when he went and made that mistake. It was unfortunate. It should never have taken place. You don't want to see that happening in cricket. But when you make a mistake at 18, I don't think that mistake should cost you your career for the rest of your life. You should be given an opportunity to correct that mistake.
I have seen in normal life, in normal day-to-day living, people have made serious mistakes - they have killed people when they are drunk driving and have been given other opportunities to continue their life. They serve their terms and they do whatever the court says that they have to do and they are given another opportunity. Why should a cricketer be any different? Why shouldn't he be given another opportunity, to show the world that he will come out a better person?
Mohammad Amir, as far as I can see, he was not the man who planned it, and it seemed to me that he wasn't all that keen about what was asked but he went through with it because apparently they agreed to do it.
Michael Holding: Again, that is an example of what I am talking about. He was 18 years old when he went and made that mistake. It was unfortunate. It should never have taken place. You don't want to see that happening in cricket. But when you make a mistake at 18, I don't think that mistake should cost you your career for the rest of your life. You should be given an opportunity to correct that mistake.
I have seen in normal life, in normal day-to-day living, people have made serious mistakes - they have killed people when they are drunk driving and have been given other opportunities to continue their life. They serve their terms and they do whatever the court says that they have to do and they are given another opportunity. Why should a cricketer be any different? Why shouldn't he be given another opportunity, to show the world that he will come out a better person?
Mohammad Amir, as far as I can see, he was not the man who planned it, and it seemed to me that he wasn't all that keen about what was asked but he went through with it because apparently they agreed to do it.
