A poignant moment, a redemption like weve never seen before in Test cricket - Mohammad Amir bowling again at Lords. After that fateful day in 2010 when he crossed a white line and endured the loneliness of isolation in gaol, he must surely have wondered if the game would ever afford him a second coming. But so it has come to pass.Cricket has a history of redemption stories, not all of them as dramatic as Amirs, though. For Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, co-conspirators on that infamous day, one wonders whether there will ever be another postscript to their careers. Asifs sublime talents will be more of a loss to the game than Butts, a decent enough batsman though he was without ever threatening to be one of the greats of Pakistan cricket. Perhaps advancing years will conspire against them making an international comeback.Old age has done nothing to curb Brad Hoggs amazing return to a cricket career that was all but written off a few years ago. That Western Australia coach Justin Langer is sorry to lose a 45-year-old to another franchise speaks volumes for the success of Hoggs renaissance. To think that a cricketer of that vintage can still command bargaining power to negotiate bigger contracts.To return to crickets great comeback stories, let me prod the memories of readers to see if we can think of other tales as wonderfully redemptive as Amirs. My mind darts immediately to Bob Simpson returning to captain Australia during World Series Cricket, in much the same way that Colin Cowdrey fronted up to face Jeff Thomsons thunderbolts earlier that decade.In terms of recovering from a brush with the law, neither Hansie Cronje nor Mohammad Azharuddin had the opportunity to purge themselves of the stain on their careers after the match-fixing allegations. Like Saleem Malik before them, they were probably too old to start again, despite impressive careers to that point.Shane Warne had a number of comebacks, from injury, from retirement, and from the drug suspension just before the 2003 World Cup when he allegedly took pharmaceutical advice from his mum. In my opinion, he should have got an extra year for such a lame excuse!It doesnt get more dramatic than the courage shown by the Sri Lankan cricketers who returned to international cricket after the bus shooting incident in Pakistan. It speaks volumes for their love of the game, undiminished even under a hail of bullets. Of those cricketers who returned from rebel tours to South Africa in the 1980s to enjoy meaningful international careers, Terry Alderman, Graham Gooch, John Emburey and Kepler Wessels come readily to mind. Wessels case was unusual in that he not only went on to represent South Africa but also captained them in their inaugural World Cup, in 1992. Gooch and Emburey were also forgiven to the extent that they captained England after the rebel tours, Emburey being even more remarkable by going on a second rebel tour and being picked again for England between 1992 and 1995. Now thats called having your biltong and eating it!The return of Alderman and Gooch has an ironic twist to it of course - such was Aldermans dominance over Gooch in 1989 that the batsman allegedly requested he be dropped because his front pad kept getting in the way of Aldermans gentle swingers. It was almost a Lazarus moment: asking to be dropped and then peeling off 333 against India barely 12 months later.As far as I can recall, not many of the West Indies or Sri Lankan rebel tourists had much of a career upon returning from South Africa. Ezra Moseley may have played a few Tests, but he was nowhere near the force he was when he terrorised league cricketers in northern England during the 1980s, myself included.Some would argue that the vast sums of money in the modern game would act as an encouragement to some players to contemplate a comeback (or delay retirement). Viv Richards had a late dalliance with Rishton in the Lancashire League, after he was past his imperious best, no doubt. I recall being flayed by him when Glamorgan played Oxford University in 1993, when he was all but retired, and I remember thinking it was humbling to imagine him in his pomp if this was what he was like as an old man.Conversely, though, I wonder if the less rigorous physical demands of the pre-professional era encouraged a few cricketers to don the whites again, comfortable with their skill levels and not burdened by the demands made in terms of athleticism in T20 cricket these days. Then again, watching the likes of Chris Gayle, Sohail Tanvir and Kieron Pollard in the field now makes you even question that assumption.Whats the opposite of a comeback, when someone simply refuses to desert the troops? In Amir, Pakistan have their youthful hero. In Misbah-ul-Haq, playing in his first Lords Test at 42, they have the other end of the spectrum covered too. His story is that of the gnarly, grizzled, faithful soldier with an unblemished record who refuses to desert his troops. He, with the charismatic Younis Khan, no stranger to multiple career rebirths himself, provides a safe place for Amir to return. Orioles Jerseys 2019 . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. Melvin Mora Jersey . Batiste, who briefly signed with the Eskimos in 2006, has spent time with several NFL teams including the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. https://www.cheaporioles.com/138i-whitey-herzog-jersey-orioles.html . 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He was 3-14 as a starter for Philadelphia and Cleveland and threw more interceptions (19) than touchdowns (12) in his career.Rodgers replaced Pederson as Favres backup in 2005 and stood on the sideline for three seasons before becoming the No. 1 quarterback. He has won two NFL MVP awards, one Super Bowl MVP award, and led the Packers to the playoffs each of the past seven seasons.When Rodgers leads the struggling Packers (4-6) against the Eagles (5-5) and first-year coach Pederson on Monday night, Favres former understudies will reunite.Obviously he was drafted there after I retired, Pederson said. I did invite him to a charity event that I had. He graciously came down and took part in that. Just rubbing shoulders throughout the course of the years, just playing against him or coaching against him, and I feel like I know him, even though we never played together. The Packer connection obviously helps. The fact that he took my locker, there wasnt much left, so thats pretty cool.Both teams need a win to maintain playoff hopes. The Packers have lost four straight games, while the Eagles are 2-5 since a 3-0 start.Rodgers hasnt had a losing record since his first season starting in 2008, but hes hearing criticism while Green Bay slides backward.The quarterback gets so much credit when things go really well and when they dont, he gets a lot of the blame, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. I think you have to be honest and realistic. Weve kind of gone through some different variations of offense. ... Hes been consistent. Hes gotten us through this storm and I think were very, very close to being where we want to be.Green Bays biggest problem is defense. 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When you double that with James being out for a few weeks, definitely took us out of some of the stuff we wanted to do to start the season.At least the Packers have Rodgers and a strong set of receivers led by Jordy Nelson. The Eagles cant rely on rookie Carson Wentz to throw 50 times a game. They are at their best operating a ball-control, balanced offense. Starting running back Ryan Mathews wont play against the Packers because of a knee injury, so rookie Wendell Smallwood is expected to carry the load along with veteran Darren Sproles.I think we all see that when he touches the football, you see the explosiveness, Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich said. Can you maintain that explosiveness on your 15th carry, if he ends up with that many carries? So we would anticipate that if he gets called into that action, he would. Then, obviously, the playbook has to be opened up a little bit more.The Eagles have been perfect at home, going 4-0 and outscoring opponents 108-38. 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