The 36-year-old right-hander, who has not played for England since 2014, was approached by the Pakistanis before they embarked on their much-discussed tour of England this summer.
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He agreed to bowl no-balls at specific points during the match in exchange for money as gamblers bet large sums on proceedings with inside information.
“Any sportsman or woman caught match-fixing, spot-fixing or taking drugs should be banned for life”, Pietersen told the Daily Telegraph.
“People should get a second chance as mistakes could be done by anybody”. He can swing the new ball late and has a very good bouncer.
The trio were also banned from competing in cricket by the ICC, with Amir getting a five-year ban, Asif a seven-year ban and Butt a ten-year ban.
Pakistan briefly rose to No. 2 in the ICC Test rankings – they are now third, a place above England – after beating England 2-0 in the UAE previous year and Wahab pointed to Misbah-ul-Haq, who stepped up to replace Salman Butt as captain after the 2010 spot-fixing crisis and oversee the rebuilding of the team, as the main reason for their recent success.
“Then they calmed down and now they are trying to get along with him”. “They are not going to be that experienced, so it will be a struggle for England”. Batsmen are at the other end in the nets, so you feel like you have to get to know the bowlers to help the captain out.
“With guys like him verbals from the crowd or a bit of sledging from the opposition spurs him on to do great things so the fans will not be doing England any favours by giving him some abuse”, he added. But, as a bowler, he has the power.
Broad, 30, revealed there were even plans for Anderson to make a guest appearance for Sussex against Pakistan last weekend in order to gain match practice.
Pakistan’s four-Test series against England gets under way at Lord’s on Thursday, with the hosts looking to gain revenge for a 2-0 defeat in the United Arab Emirates late previous year.
But he remained part of the set-up and played four times in Pakistan’s ill-fated World T20 campaign. In my time, only Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan did well against us and they are among the very best of all time. “Their batting is not strong enough and England have a bowling attack that in home conditions can beat the best in the world”.
“I have helped a lot with the Pakistan Cricket Board, visiting schools and regional teams to educate them to do right”, he said.
Paceman Wahab Riaz this week insisted Pakistan have “worked out what he lacks”, claiming the tourists have the Root’s measure ahead of the four-Test series.
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“I think our biggest challenge is going to be this wicket, because you look at all the Middlesex scores and they are all bore draws”, he said.
