Amir dismisses retirement rumours

Pakistan’s top quick Mohammad Amir dismissed rumours that he will retire from Test cricket.

Amir termed the rumours as ‘ridiculous’ and said he had no plans of quitting from the longer format of the game.

Rumours were abound in May that the star pacer wanted to stand down from Test cricket in order to prolong his career.

Amir put an end to the speculations in an interview with Sky Sports.

"I have no idea what the thinking was behind this ridiculous story," he said.

"I'm fit, strong and healthy and have no intentions of quitting any format.

"What I had said was that as a cricketer you have to take care of your body and look after your fitness levels and someone altered that statement and quoted me as saying that I wanted to quit playing Test cricket.

"It's totally untrue and as long as I am fit I want to play in all formats."

Amir returned to international cricket last year after serving a five-year ban and has taken 43 Test wickets in 14 Tests.

"I was not under any false impressions that my comeback would be easy and that I would hit the ground running," he said.

"I never touched a cricket ball during my ban yet people expected me to come back to international cricket and make an instant impact. That was an impossible task and yet critics were writing me off straight after my comeback.

"It's been about 18 months since my comeback and I think I am now showing the results of the hard work that I have put in.

"People need to be patient and I had to be patient, too, as these things take time."