Pakistan Cricketers Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim Announce Second International Retirement

Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Amir and all-rounder Imad Wasim have declared their full international retirements for the second time. Amir participated in all four of Pakistan’s matches during this summer’s T20 World Cup, while Wasim featured in their final three games, following an opening-game super over loss to USA. Amir, aged 32, and Imad, 35, had previously reversed their initial retirements to compete in the T20 World Cup, held in the United States and West Indies this summer. However, Pakistan experienced an early exit from the group stage, which was considered disappointing. Left-arm bowler Amir first retired from Test cricket in 2019. He then concluded his international white-ball career in December 2020, citing claims of being “mentally tortured” and receiving “shabby treatment” from the team management. In 2010, Amir received a five-year ban from cricket due to his involvement in spot-fixing during a Test match in England. This ban also extended to then-skipper Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif. All three players were subsequently imprisoned in the UK, with Amir serving half of his six-month sentence. On Saturday, Amir announced his “difficult decision” to retire from international cricket via a post on X. He stated: “These decisions are never easy but are inevitable. I feel this is the right time for the next generation to take the baton and elevate Pakistan Cricket to new heights.” Throughout his career, Amir secured 119 wickets in 36 Tests, 81 wickets in 61 one-day internationals, and 71 wickets in 62 T20 internationals. Imad Wasim’s career for Pakistan was exclusively in white-ball formats, where he accumulated 986 runs at an average of 42.86 in ODIs and 554 runs at 15.82 in T20s. He also claimed 44 wickets in ODIs and 73 wickets in T20s.