Players, especially bowlers need breaks after injury or if they need technical adjustments.
Let me provide a very good example.
After having an ignominious failure in the ashes, Mitchell Johnson at first tried to continue on, but after a foot injury on the tour to South Africa, he realised that he needed time off.
He then very famously took a year off and worked on his strength and conditioning. Just look at how much workable and functional muscle he added once he returned.
During this time off he also worked with DK Lillee on his action and run up.
He rebuilt his action altogether and in the process made his bowling arm a lot higher, which not only made him a lot more consistent, but it also improved his wrist position, which allowed him to bring the ball back into the right handers.
On Lillee' advice, he also used to go on jogs with the ball in his hand; usually at night time, so as to avoid any attention.
This is why if you look at his runup from 2013 onwards, he was holding the ball a lot closer to his chest which wasn't the case before.
So it wasn't just the mustache that did it for him.
If he at 30 plus(as he was at the time), could take a targeted time off and return as a demonic bowler, what is stopping Amir?
I am speaking with knowledge here. If he really wants to be a force again, playing these cheap leagues wont help him.
As [MENTION=153791]UzmanBeast[/MENTION] has alluded, the whole Bru-ha-ha about workload only makes sense if he took the time off and worked on his conditioning and his now degenerated bowling action.
Instead all he is doing is playing more league cricket.
It has been 2 years since he last played a test. Why has his body strength still not recovered? Let me tell you why, because he has done nothing to get it back.
Like others, he has resorted to the easier method of blaming others, instead of changing his own approach.
I hope you guys can communicate this to him, because at the moment he is his own worst enemy.