Senior General Manager, Medical and Sports Sciences, of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Dr. Sohail Saleem said that there would be some good news on Ajmal’s front soon. The International Cricket Council (ICC) >suspended the Pakistan off-spinner after his bowling action was found to be illegal following an independent analysis.
“There is definite improvement in Ajmal’s bowling action as the team of experts led by Saqlain Mushtaq is working in two sessions with him every day,” Dr. Saleem said.
“Saqlain’s presence and advice has helped Saeed Ajmal a lot and the target is to make him ready for a bowling action test before the World Cup,” Dr. Saleem said.
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The PCB had hired Saqlain, the former champion off-spinner, to help Ajmal remodel his bowling action in accordance with the ICC’s new protocol for bowlers.
Ajmal was found to have a 43 degrees extension of the elbow while bowling, 28 degrees more than the permissible limit of 15 degrees.
Haroon Rasheed, Director Game Gevelopment in the PCB said that work on setting up the bio-mechanics lab at the NCA was progressing at full speed.
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“Bowlers with suspect actions have been a problem in domestic cricket for a while now but now the PCB has decided to deal with his issue very seriously which is why setting up of the biomechanics lab is a top priority now.”
Rasheed said the equipment for the bio-mechanics lab was already in Lahore and was being further upgraded in line with the new protocols of the ICC. He hoped that once the bio-mechanics lab was set up it would also be accredited by the ICC.