Mohammad Amir on Dunya TV (Video interview)

[hamzamunir]

[Down2Earth]

is he saying the same stuff like those other 34005500404 interviews he's already given?

[atif.raza]

Summary of the interview

"I am innocent

I have done nothing wrong

I am closest to Salman Butt

I am innocent

Majeed also predicted i will bowl around the wickets. But i did not. Who cares about the coincidental no ball. I am innocent"

I have done nothing wrong

[WhiteDudeFromTrinidad]

Originally Posted by atif.raza Summary of the interview "I am innocent I have done nothing wrong I am closest to Salman Butt I am innocent Majeed also predicted i will bowl around the wickets. But i did not. Who cares about the coincidental no ball. I am innocent" I have done nothing wrong

up to now i was hoping he was going to come out of this with a hefty fine or a very light ban. But now he's insulting everyone's intelligence by claiming the no ball was 'coincidence'

min 5 year ban is in order imo

[JellyBro]

"jown abrahum" lol

[t_kaay]

I'd want to distance myself from Salman Butt if I was Amir

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

yaqeen karein ke na karein

to believe or not to believe

that is the question

[hamzamunir]

What kind of board doesn't pay for its player's lawyer fees? Facepalm PCB.

[spoiled]

"hot(hartt) property kee taraf saray hee jatay hain"

[Bouncer]

Why is he saying this in TV now....if he was innocent, why the heck did he NOT say this right away?? he and Salman never said "WE ARE NOT GUILTY" right away, Salman was given chances...on media...countless times, he never said HE IS INNICENT.

Amir now comes on TV once a week to claim he is innocent, why did he not call GEO/Dunya on 1st Sep if he was innocent...to me that is first thing I'd do if i was innocent

[Down2Earth]

Originally Posted by hamzamunir What kind of board doesn't pay for its player's lawyer fees? Facepalm PCB.

why should they if the player's in breach of his contract?

[Fish]

I think it should be noted that the ICC has charged these players and the PCB is part of the ICC (Butt is on the ICC executive board). If the PCB are part of the prosecution and are paying for the defense you get a conflict of interest.

This needs to be made clear, the PCB which is part of the ICC have charged him so it would be farcical if they were paying for his defense.

[hamzamunir]

Originally Posted by Down2Earth why should they if the player's in breach of his contract?

Doesn't mean they are found guilty...They are innocent until proven guilty. So the board should support them at all costs and back them.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by hamzamunir Doesn't mean they are found guilty...They are innocent until proven guilty. So the board should support them at all costs and back them.

The only way the PCB could support them is to withdraw from the ICC.

[atif.raza]

Originally Posted by hamzamunir Doesn't mean they are found guilty...They are innocent until proven guilty. So the board should support them at all costs and back them.

PCB has no right to support the players. I haven't always praised PCB but i am with them on this. Why should they support the player when there is an overwhelming evidence against this. It betrays common sense to make yourself a fool in front of the international media and support the players who are bound to be banned for many many years.

[NZPakistanFan]

He is digging his own cricket grave in my opinion. When this first went down, everyone was quick to defend Amir. Respected writers and ex players were calling for a short ban, due to his age. If Amir had of confessed and acted with some humility, he would have probably got a light sentence, maybe a couple of years. If they included the past few months, then it would have been less than two years. He would have been back in the team at age 20, still younger than most other players when they start their career. But by playing everyone for a fool and pretending he is innocent, he's just using up any good will he had. Wouldn't be surprised if he has the book thrown at him now.

[SAF]

I still cant believe him and Salman Bhutt keep on saying that the noball were just a 'prediction'. thats almost impossible thing to do because Majeed espically said which ball from which over would be the 'no ball'...
why cant they say that majeed was a RAW agent? or Bribed by ICC to set them up?

[atif.raza]

Originally Posted by shahidafridi I still cant believe him and Salman Bhutt keep on saying that the noball were just a 'prediction'. thats almost impossible thing to do because Majeed espically said which ball from which over would be the 'no ball'... why cant they say that majeed was a RAW agent? or Bribed by ICC to set them up?

Personally, I would have forgiven Amir if he had just accepted his mistake and done his time. But now he is trying to be too clever and using the whole 'I am Godly person' and 'They want to bring down Pakistan' B.S. to drive away the little sympathy that his fans had for him.

I think he is the kind of person who cannot go against his friend and that is why he is being reluctant to expose Salman. Someone should tell him that Salman is doomed for life and Amir should protect his ass while he can.

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

I think someone must tell how stupid he is , there is enough on it , if he have any done any wrong inside of making up more lies ... he should say sorry for his wrong doings .... & may be one day .... after serving ban for 3-5 yrs ... he may be able to come back but making these interviews isn't helping anyone ... if he wanna be logical he could have said .. what if the video was made after I bowled the ball .... which is more sensible statement then saying it was all by chance

[NZPakistanFan]

Originally Posted by Proud To Be A Pakistani I think someone must tell how stupid he is , there is enough on it , if he have any done any wrong inside of making up more lies ... he should say sorry for his wrong doings .... & may be one day .... after serving ban for 3-5 yrs ... he may be able to come back but making these interviews isn't helping anyone ... if he wanna be logical he could have said .. what if the video was made after I bowled the ball .... which is more sensible statement then saying it was all by chance

No, to be logical he should have said:

"I am sorry, yes I bowled a no ball on purpose. I have never lost a game on purpose and at the time, I thought a no ball was no big deal. I accept it was wrong and accept with the greatest regret my actions. I am young and looked up to my captain Butt and more experienced partner Asif and thought that if they were doing it, it cannot be that bad. I am at the mercy of the ICC and will accept any punishment they deem fit to give me'.

If he had done that right from the begining, I can almost guarantee that he would have been given a two year ban. As things are going, wouldn't be surprised if it's a life ban.

[atif.raza]

Originally Posted by NZPakistanFan No, to be logical he should have said: "I am sorry, yes I bowled a no ball on purpose. I have never lost a game on purpose and at the time, I thought a no ball was no big deal. I accept it was wrong and accept with the greatest regret my actions. I am young and looked up to my captain Butt and more experienced partner Asif and thought that if they were doing it, it cannot be that bad. I am at the mercy of the ICC and will accept any punishment they deem fit to give me'. If he had done that right from the begining, I can almost guarantee that he would have been given a two year ban. As things are going, wouldn't be surprised if it's a life ban.

Life ban will be right after his recent interviews. He has shown no remorse or regrets for his actions. Really reflect the state of the country. Every1 is involved in corruption but no1 wants to admit

[PakistanPaindabad]

Why doesnt he say that all the predictions for the previous 2 test didnt come true at all?

that would be a more solid defense than the 'I didnt bowl around the wicket'

[umsy]

i hope all fixers get jailed/life ban including amir. wasim akram was not banned a decade ago, which is why when another wasim was born (amir) he turned out a cheat too. i wish amir gets a life ban if he is found guilty of spot fixing so that when another amir comes along 10 years later he is loyal to his country.

[Radiance Of Australis]

The hosts are saying that the controversies started from 2007 when the SL team was attacked

[rarara01]

Originally Posted by atif.raza Life ban will be right after his recent interviews. He has shown no remorse or regrets for his actions. Really reflect the state of the country. Every1 is involved in corruption but no1 wants to admit

What if he is innocent? what if he really believes what he is saying? ow is everyone so certain that he is a cheater?

[pakistani pride]

He is speaks very clear and comes over as he knows what he is saying
He didnt hide the fact that SB and Kamran were close with mazhar.

I hope they clear this guy soon, come back amir !

[Radiance Of Australis]

Snippets from the interview..(not word to word)

Host:Any player which you always want to get out on the first ball...or favorite player to play against?
Amir:Watson

Host: People say that you asked the captain to move your fielding positions towards the boundary ..for the girls?
Amir:Its a very wrong....allegation. It depends from where I'm bowling from and a player usually asks me to switch places with him

[qamar84]

Originally Posted by UsmanhailsAfridi yaqeen karein ke na karein to believe or not to believe that is the question

me yaqeen karta hon

[qamar84]

Originally Posted by rarara01 what if he is innocent? What if he really believes what he is saying? Ow is everyone so certain that he is a cheater?

[blinding light]

We've been through this "why didn't he say at that time?!" and "why was his face shouting guilty" arguments so many times now I think I'll puke

[Pk-zindabaad]

Come back amir!!

[Maula Jutt]

Even if you are banned, upload videos of you playing street cricket and I promise I'll watch all of them.

[Pk-zindabaad]

[QUOTE=Maula Jutt;3148230]Even if you are banned, upload videos of you playing street cricket and I promise I'll watch all of them.QUOTE]

lol! yup

[WhiteDudeFromTrinidad]

"Majeed also predicted i will bowl around the wickets. But i did not."

so no denial by Amir (or Salman Butt) that the NOTW video was made after the fact

if the NOTW had fabricated the video they would also have been correct on that point

obviously Mad Max forgot to instruct Amir to bowl around the wicket, or more likely, Amir himself forgot the instruction

[ali2220]

Originally Posted by atif.raza Life ban will be right after his recent interviews. He has shown no remorse or regrets for his actions. Really reflect the state of the country. Every1 is involved in corruption but no1 wants to admit

A life ban would be stupid as such a punishment doesn't fit the crime, i would say he should get a ban from 3-5 years, though in case of 5 year ban, his career might well be over.

[cricketindiafan]

No reference to Raina's case like SB/his lawyers were doing when they started talking about? Looks like they have realised that it's not worth dragging Raina's case in their defence.

[blinding light]

Originally Posted by cricketindiafan No reference to Raina's case like SB/his lawyers were doing when they started talking about? Looks like they have realised that it's not worth dragging Raina's case in their defence.

Hayeeee kitniii khushii ki baaat hay.................. NOT..

Jao jashn manao

[sanakazmi]

Regardless of whether or not I believed it, I loved this quote about bowling that no-ball because he wanted to bounce Trott cuz he got pissed off that Trott dared to walk down the pitch to him:

"Mai nay kaha yay (Trott) pagal hai? Mai koi offspinner laga hoon?"

[blinding light]

Originally Posted by sanakazmi Regardless of whether or not I believed it, I loved this quote about bowling that no-ball because he wanted to bounce Trott cuz he got pissed off that Trott dared to walk down the pitch to him: "Mai nay kaha yay (Trott) pagal hai? Mai koi offspinner laga hoon?"

AAF-spinner, sana. AAF-spinner

[Maula Jutt]

Originally Posted by sanakazmi Regardless of whether or not I believed it, I loved this quote about bowling that no-ball because he wanted to bounce Trott cuz he got pissed off that Trott dared to walk down the pitch to him: "Mai nay kaha yay (Trott) pagal hai? Mai koi offspinner laga hoon?"

Yeah that was funny

[zeikz123]

to be fair he did say he bowled the no ball on purporse.. he just said it was because trott was comming down the wicket hahaha.. wht a reason .... i guess his lawyers couldnt come up with anything better for him to say... thats hillarious... lol

[Rizie]

The hostess

I give up on Aamer