Mohammad Amir (
Urdu:
محمد عامر, born 13 April 1992), also known as
Mohammad Aamer, is a
Pakistani international
cricketer, whose suspension and subsequent five year ban curtailed his promising career. He is a left arm
fast bowler, who opened the bowling in
all formats of the game. He made his
first-class debut in 2007, and his first
One-Day International and
Test appearance in 2009 in
Sri Lanka, at the age of 17. However, he played his first international match during the
2009 ICC World Twenty20, where he played in every game, helping the national side win the tournament.,
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Mohammad Amir (
Urdu:
محمد عامر, born 13 April 1992), also known as
Mohammad Aamer, is a
Pakistani international
cricketer, whose suspension and subsequent five year ban curtailed his promising career. He is a left arm
fast bowler, who opened the bowling in
all formats of the game. He made his
first-class debut in 2007, and his first
One-Day International and
Test appearance in 2009 in
Sri Lanka, at the age of 17. However, he played his first international match during the
2009 ICC World Twenty20, where he played in every game, helping the national side win the tournament.,
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In the initial stages of the
2010 World Cup Amir took three wickets in a five wicket-maiden over in a Twenty20 International match against
Australia.
[8] The other two men were run out in the same over. This set a world record of three wickets for a bowler in Twenty20 and 5 wickets for a team in one over.Amir was ignored by
Pakistan Cricket Board when they awarded cricket contracts to
Abdul Razzaq and
Mohammad Yousuf, even after his exceptional performance in the
2009 ICC World Twenty20.
[9] Later on the Pakistan Cricket Board awarded Amir a 'C' category contract.
[10]Amir made his One Day International match debut against Sri Lanka taking 3 wickets at an economy rate of 4.50 and also scoring 23 runs. -On November 9, 2009 he scored 73 runs against New Zealand which is a record for a number 10 batsman. With his batting partner Saeed Ajmal, Amir added 103 runs to Pakistan's chase, only to fall short by 7 runs.
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