ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's brilliant young paceman Mohammad Aamer is
shattered at being jailed for deliberately bowling no-balls but will
come back a clean player and a good man, a former mentor said Friday.The
19-year-old left-arm bowler, once regarded as the hottest new talent in
the game, was sent to the Feltham young offenders institute for six
months for his role in fixing part of Lord's Test against England in
August 2010.His Test captain Salman Butt was sent down for 30
months, fellow new-ball partner Mohammad Asif one year and agent Mazhar
Majeed 32 months after they took money to set up deliberate no-balls
during the match.Asif Bajwa, whose academy in the garrison city
of Rawalpindi groomed Aamer in the early 1990s, said the youngster was
"mentally shattered"."I told him that he should be mentally
prepared for this, but once he comes I will hide him from this cruel
world and make him a better human being and a clean cricketer," Bajwa
told, saying he spoke to Aamer on Thursday."He is very worried
about his future. I was talking to him on phone every day and I have
told him that once he comes back I will not allow him to meet anyone, he
needs mental peace," said Bajwa.Aamer was the only player to
plead guilty, a step which Judge Jeremy Cooke said "took courage" and
saved him a nine-month sentence.Bajwa, 43, said the verdict was inevitable after such damning evidence but "very, very sad for a youngster".But he refused to accept any blame for not better grooming the prodigy, instead pointing the finger at team management."As
a young boy he was very disciplined and straight forward but once you
come into the limelight, into international cricket, it's tough to
handle yourself," said Bajwa."I think 80 percent of the blame
goes to the management of the England tour. Has anyone called manager
Yawar Saeed? Has anyone asked the security manager of the tour how
unwanted people mixed up with the players? No one has done that," he
said.I fear more players will fall in the pits if strict
measures are not taken," said Bajwa. "When you send your kids to school,
you know a strict teacher will take care of his every move, but not in
the Pakistan team
