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Lahore: November 21, 2017: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would like to clarify that it stands behind Mohammad Hafeez and is lending all its support to Mohammad Hafeez to rectify his bowling action. The PCB will like to state that already a bowling action review committee has been setup where Ahsan Raza, Ali Zia, Saleem Jaffar, and Sajad Akhtar are its members. The committee has been tasked to provide all possible training and assistance to rectify his bowling action at par with icc standard

On the recommendations of the four-member committee, Mohammad Hafeez will work on his action at the National Cricket Academy, and after every 10 days will undergo a test at the biomechanics lab setup in LUMS. The committee will, therefore, analyze the reports of the tests, and will further guide Mohammad Hafeez before he proceeds with the official test to ICC.

The PCB refutes the news circulated in the media that it was not backing the premier all-rounder, and a story on the media is a deliberate attempt to mislead and defame the PCB.
 
I understand that it might seem quite the unpopular opinion here but the course of action is quite a sensible one. [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] there you go bro.....
 
Wasted effort, wasn’t required.

Hafeez isn’t Ajmal, he is a cheat who does it deliberately when he needs his bowling to justify his selection. His round arm action is perfectly ok and that action he can continue without any technical support; but his bowling standard will go to CT final level if he continues with that round arm action. At the testing centre, they have forced him to repeat what he did against SRL in 1st 2 ODIs, otherwise he would have passed every time in flying colours with his round arm lolly pops.

What PCB are expecting for the 4th time is that MoHa should continue his round arm action and be effective as well like his chucker best - at this age after playing cricket for almost a quarter century. Someone should read PCB the definition of insanity.
 
MMHS said:
Wasted effort, wasn’t required.

Hafeez isn’t Ajmal, he is a cheat who does it deliberately when he needs his bowling to justify his selection. His round arm action is perfectly ok and that action he can continue without any technical support; but his bowling standard will go to CT final level if he continues with that round arm action. At the testing centre, they have forced him to repeat what he did against SRL in 1st 2 ODIs, otherwise he would have passed every time in flying colours with his round arm lolly pops.

What PCB are expecting for the 4th time is that MoHa should continue his round arm action and be effective as well like his chucker best - at this age after playing cricket for almost a quarter century. Someone should read PCB the definition of insanity.
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This. This guy does it deliberately. A shameless cheater. If PCB had any guts they should have banned this cheater, But we are talking about a corrupt board and know how and why a lot of them got the jobs.
 
hafeez has got the PCB guys some ways to spend and share looting in title "support to Mohammad Hafeez to rectify his bowling action"
 
Excellent stuff from the PCB. Must back and support Hafeez.
 
What the heck will the community do? How can they give any recommendation on how to remodel the action?

PCB makes a committee out of everything? :facepalm:
 
PCB should be looking to get rid of this chest if he wants to continue chucking.
 
More like Hafeez orders all his stooges in PCB to help him. The PCB doesn't support him, he runs the PCB. I will not be surprised to see him become chairman within 10 years after retirement.
 
People should stop hating on Hafeez. The PCB is doing the right thing by backing their player
 
Is it worth investing resources and money on a 37 something player when Pak is producing some great pace and spin bowling talent?

Tough decision. Haffez is an All rounder and without his bowling, he does not merit a place in the team.
 
Chief Destroyer said:
More like Hafeez orders all his stooges in PCB to help him. The PCB doesn't support him, he runs the PCB. I will not be surprised to see him become chairman within 10 years after retirement.
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You should have known by now who is precious National Treasure for PAK cricket, which has to be preserved and taken care of like archaeological sites - the older it get, it's value increases (& maintenance cost as well).
 
Hafeez time as a bowler is over.

Like I said before he's always pushing the limit and while it may have been marginal he's been proven to be a liability now that he indeed did flex his bowling over the 15 degree threshold according to the Tests.

PCB should not support him anymore - he didn't work hard enough to stay within the limits. It's 3 times so it's over for him as a bowler.

He may play as a batsman but he will have to score heavily with a good strike rate otherwise he's done and dusted with better options on the horizon.

Thanks for the memories Hafeez but time is nearly up for you.
 
What a waste of resources. Would be understandable if it was his first time but three... Should be upto Hafeez to fix his own action and use his personal resources for this
 
To be frank, considering how much of a failure Ajmal's action fix was, it is difficult to see Hafeez turning it around successfully at his age. It will be better for PCB to spend its resources elsewhere and play Hafeez as a batsman if he still qualifies or warrants a spot in the X1. Even though is it nice for PCB to back their players, I feel this will be a waste of time.
 
troodon said:
Is it worth investing resources and money on a 37 something player when Pak is producing some great pace and spin bowling talent?

Tough decision. Haffez is an All rounder and without his bowling, he does not merit a place in the team.
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Do we have any other world class off spinner?
 
90MPH said:
Hafeez time as a bowler is over.

Like I said before he's always pushing the limit and while it may have been marginal he's been proven to be a liability now that he indeed did flex his bowling over the 15 degree threshold according to the Tests.

PCB should not support him anymore - he didn't work hard enough to stay within the limits. It's 3 times so it's over for him as a bowler.

He may play as a batsman but he will have to score heavily with a good strike rate otherwise he's done and dusted with better options on the horizon.

Thanks for the memories Hafeez but time is nearly up for you.
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The LUMS centre only came into action last month so it is impossible that hafeez would have had a chance to analyse himself as thoroughly as people believe. From saqlains recent interviews it seems that all Pakistani aspiring off spinners have suspect actions. I don’t think PCB had any choice but to support hafeez.
 
Hafeez's problem is he is not an offspiner, he just uses the angle of his bend to variate his natural in coming delivery to right and left hander.

Kind of a similar problem to Ajmal had, remove the bend and the bowler is not the same. However difference is Hafeez kept it limited to 15 degrees and managed to dodge the system and still bowl those big in dippers.
 
Ajmal started coming completely side on, almost a side arm action. Because he didn't have a natural offspinner he was completely clobbered when he came on to bowl. He was basically a club level offspinner. Ajmal should've learnt from hafeez could've prolonged his career for a couple of years.
 
Abid Z said:
Do we have any other world class off spinner?
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Off spinners are often a practice made creature - that's you keep them bowling overs after overs at nets & in FC matches, they'll develop. Classical offis are mostly extremely accurate, uses the foot-mark and uses the popping crease as their bowling tool. Obviously to reach the top, top level like Laker, Gibbs, Prassanna, Saq or Swan, you need extra skills & intelligence, but the amount of resources PCB has spent for fixing MoHa's deliberate chucking, half of that in next couple of years can make Aga Salman Ali a workable No. 6 & 5th spinner. And, there must be few U23 kids, better than Arshal Sheikh.

Not sure about the action, but these 2 guys definitely were worth giving a try, if PCB was interested to clean their image (don't ever think that people at PCB didn't know what Ajmal was doing in 2014 T20 WC, or MoHa is doing whenever he needs bowling to justify his spot).

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43279.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42237.html
 
Just make Hafeez wear a special Elbow wrapping, brace so that his arm doesn't extend beyond 15 degrees.
 
MMHS said:
Off spinners are often a practice made creature - that's you keep them bowling overs after overs at nets & in FC matches, they'll develop. Classical offis are mostly extremely accurate, uses the foot-mark and uses the popping crease as their bowling tool. Obviously to reach the top, top level like Laker, Gibbs, Prassanna, Saq or Swan, you need extra skills & intelligence, but the amount of resources PCB has spent for fixing MoHa's deliberate chucking, half of that in next couple of years can make Aga Salman Ali a workable No. 6 & 5th spinner. And, there must be few U23 kids, better than Arshal Sheikh.

Not sure about the action, but these 2 guys definitely were worth giving a try, if PCB was interested to clean their image (don't ever think that people at PCB didn't know what Ajmal was doing in 2014 T20 WC, or MoHa is doing whenever he needs bowling to justify his spot).

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/43279.html
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/42237.html
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Thank you for the explanation which is rather tangential to the central points that there are no decent off spinners in Pakistan right now that can bowl with a clean action and enter the international fray as ready replacements for Ajmal or Hafeez.

Saqlain Mushtaq has basically lamented the fact that there is no off spinning coach to develop this crucial art and the bowlers he came across in 2014-15 alongside Ajmal were all kinked. This clearly only points to one thing that our off spin bowlers cannot develop in F.C. without massive injection of resources in coaching and testing at the LUMS. Whether this money is spent on an individual or a set of individuals is besides the point. Really what we need is to develop decent world class off spinner below the age of 30 unlike the two guys you listed above.

Hafeez slips through that age bracket because he’s a world class all rounder and the money spent on him is actually bound to be less than in the past because lums I think has icc accreditation now but I could be wrong. Either way he doesn’t need to travel to another centre every month.
 
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Surely they can invest these resources on young generation of cricket players instead on below average cricketer like Mr Prof.
 
Abid Z said:
Well according to world ranking he’s up there somewhere as world no1 all rounder. While he’s there he’ll fit the definition whether posters like it or not.
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Longevity has a lot to say when it’s comes to rankings

If for example you think Professor is better then Shakib then something is wrong with you. Likewise if you choose to ignore the fact Professor has been averaging close to 50 with the ball since 2015
 
What a waste of time and resources especially when we dont even need him in the team.
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
Longevity has a lot to say when it’s comes to rankings

If for example you think Professor is better then Shakib then something is wrong with you. Likewise if you choose to ignore the fact Professor has been averaging close to 50 with the ball since 2015
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Firstly I don’t think hafeez is better than xyz. I wouldn’t really make that assessment.

But what I can say is that we need an off spinner or at least an off spinning all rounder that can challenge the best in the world. I.e world class. Did you note the emphasis there or were you too busy thinking about your retort? What we need is an off spinner who can challenge left Hander’s outside off stump and take advantage of
Bowling footmarks. Who that person is is irrelevant provided they are at least 50% there. If Hafeez fits that BILL until next year when an improved Bilal Asif takes over then fine but we need an off spinner desperately. Is that clear enough?
 
Abid Z said:
Firstly I don’t think hafeez is better than xyz. I wouldn’t really make that assessment.

But what I can say is that we need an off spinner or at least an off spinning all rounder that can challenge the best in the world. I.e world class. Did you note the emphasis there or were you too busy thinking about your retort? What we need is an off spinner who can challenge left Hander’s outside off stump and take advantage of
Bowling footmarks. Who that person is is irrelevant provided they are at least 50% there. If Hafeez fits that BILL until next year when an improved Bilal Asif takes over then fine but we need an off spinner desperately. Is that clear enough?
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You pick your best bowlers, it’s nice to have variety but we have gone on with an attack of left arm bowlers and done fine .

Again why should we go so far for a player who averages over 50 with the ball in the last 3 years ?
 
Abid Z said:
Thank you for the explanation which is rather tangential to the central points that there are no decent off spinners in Pakistan right now that can bowl with a clean action and enter the international fray as ready replacements for Ajmal or Hafeez.

Saqlain Mushtaq has basically lamented the fact that there is no off spinning coach to develop this crucial art and the bowlers he came across in 2014-15 alongside Ajmal were all kinked. This clearly only points to one thing that our off spin bowlers cannot develop in F.C. without massive injection of resources in coaching and testing at the LUMS. Whether this money is spent on an individual or a set of individuals is besides the point. Really what we need is to develop decent world class off spinner below the age of 30 unlike the two guys you listed above.

Hafeez slips through that age bracket because he’s a world class all rounder and the money spent on him is actually bound to be less than in the past because lums I think has icc accreditation now but I could be wrong. Either way he doesn’t need to travel to another centre every month.
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I think, more than coaching the biggest problem is FC cricket. Spinners are developed through longer format and bowling for long, long spells. These 250 overs FC game on sluggish, soft green tops are worst for developing spinners (& batsmen to play spin as well). There was no LUMS when Tauseef, Saq or Arshad used to bowl and they had cleanest of actions - even part-timers like Sohaib Md., Salim Malik had perfectly clean action. There were couple more guys - Sazzad Akbar (?) & Akram Raza, may be Akram was slightly question mark, but still better than even Malik. So, it can't be bio-mechanics or coaching only.

I for someone never judge spinners on 15 degree testing, just from action almost always I can tell what he is doing. For example, take MoHa - I for someone walk on a very thin ice on my "strong" comments on PAK cricket; one slip & there are many here, who'll pull down underwear ........ still, you can check, I was firm, bold & point blank straight on what MoHa was doing in 1st ODI. Even that time he wasn't called .... by the time he was called, I called then and then that this 8-0 won't be a proud memory, because I was damn sure if ICC forces him to repeat his deliberate chucking, no way he'll bowl in Internationals. I don't know the test results, but if published, you'll see some of his balls were over 35 degree, even close to 45 degree.

I know exactly from when PAK finger spinners started to walk on the wrong path and why. From classical off-spin action - it's the most fluent & easiest action - anyone, even girls can bowl off spin with a clear action. Don't get upset by the girl comment because there is a bio-mechanics behind it - ask any girl (I presume you are not female) to throw a ball - most of them'll do it from shoulders (straight arm), boys will throw from elbow - that was the beginning of round arm modern bowling action some 200 years back. When bob joined PAK team, he brought his English philosophy for spinners (I explained many times) - that actually forced spinners to bowl faster & on tight spot - that was the time when one by one many PAK finger spinner I was started to dart; bowl fastish cutters from elbow and 3/4 of them actually were called, including a fantastic U19 kid - Tariq Mahmood.

Regarding MoHa's perceived value, the part that you all are missing is that he was a 23/58 stats batsman for his first 6-7 years, whose chucking made him regular in XI & PAK playing most matches in UAE/Asia against sub-standard teams made him World Class for his bowling, more than bating. Even in his hay days, he had stats like 25/65 outside Asia (when he was like 50/85 in Asia) - take out his life time achievement in Mughabe's ZIM, that figure'll come down to 20/60 level. Take out his illegal bowling, he is 50+/5.5+ bowler - that's in Asia. These guy is cunning & Sarfraz obliged - allowed him to make numbers against this hapless SRL side, that too by deliberate chucking on sluggish UAE wickets. I'll bet at any stake - number of overs altered between MoHa & Malik against this SRL side with God knows, probably 6/7 lefti in it - Malik's figure with authentic action will be better than MoHa's half legal figures.

LUMS won't correct anything, because he chucks deliberately - if you don't accept that, fair enough. PCB was ready to play him in a WC in AUS, AS SPECIALIST BAT, where before 2017, his career stats for 6 innings was 12.75 average at 48 SR (after 2017 still it's 18/58 :( ); so here they'll invest on a 40+ morally corrupt, bang average player - no surprise in that.
 
What's the point of this media release?

Some really odd communications from PCB.
 
Saj said:
What's the point of this media release?

Some really odd communications from PCB.
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It's about time he retired. He's just embarrassing himself and will let the whole nation down if he gets called for chucking just before or during WC.
 
The PCB rightfully giving total respect to Hafeez
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
You pick your best bowlers, it’s nice to have variety but we have gone on with an attack of left arm bowlers and done fine .

Again why should we go so far for a player who averages over 50 with the ball in the last 3 years ?
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To be honest this statement “you pick your best bowler” is right up there with “putting the ball in the right area” As far as cricketing cliches go it is really ambiguous. Perhaps more specifically it should be rephrased to ...you pick your most effective attack..one that can challenge world class batsmen on wearing 5 day surfaces by taking the ball into and away at high and low speed with enough unpredictablity to keep them honest across 90 overs in the day. I realise it’s a little long but it captures the essence that wherever possible you find your best leggie with a best offie at your disposal and your best left arm finger spinner (any of them could be an all rounder) and then two or three seam bowlers depending on conditions and opposition. It stands to reason that these 5 or 6 individuals have to be the best in the country otherwise they wouldn’t be in the squad. So the question simply is who would be the best of these 6.

We just need a decent offie.
 
Abid Z said:
To be honest this statement “you pick your best bowler” is right up there with “putting the ball in the right area” As far as cricketing cliches go it is really ambiguous. Perhaps more specifically it should be rephrased to ...you pick your most effective attack..one that can challenge world class batsmen on wearing 5 day surfaces by taking the ball into and away at high and low speed with enough unpredictablity to keep them honest across 90 overs in the day. I realise it’s a little long but it captures the essence that wherever possible you find your best leggie with a best offie at your disposal and your best left arm finger spinner (any of them could be an all rounder) and then two or three seam bowlers depending on conditions and opposition. It stands to reason that these 5 or 6 individuals have to be the best in the country otherwise they wouldn’t be in the squad. So the question simply is who would be the best of these 6.

We just need a decent offie.
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Yes I agree we need a decent off spiner but that doesn’t mean you go out of the way got a guy who averages 50+ plus with the ball regardless of economy and especially when that player has largely been a dud with the bat in recent times
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
Yes I agree we need a decent off spiner but that doesn’t mean you go out of the way got a guy who averages 50+ plus with the ball regardless of economy and especially when that player has largely been a dud with the bat in recent times
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Firstly please stop it with your “hafeez has an average of 50 in the last 3 years” it’s a really silly figure that you tried to create a thread from. One could say umar akmal has an average of 50 plus after his test in newzealand when he made a debut century or that flintoff was a better batsman than tendulkar coz he had a better average in the year 2005 or something like that.

What matters is like agree we need a decent off spinner so who is or comes close to being a world class off spinner. I think only hafeez fits this bill until somebody better and his batting does add something to our line up.

Consider this. Robert Croft, Tim may, Ramesh pawar, arshad Khan. All These guys at one point or another were the teams sole off spinner but without any batting. You could argue that Tim may had it pretty good bowling alongside warne in 1993 but hand on heart Hafeez is better than all these guys.

Now I’m not pushing for hafeez I’m just pushing for a decent off spinner as I can see since Ajmal was called in 2014/15 we just don’t have anybody and the team is poorer for it.

By the way in case you are still wondering why I mentioned these guys is because in a series or a test at some point they have all ran through a side and still have worse averages and careers than hafeez.
 
Abid Z said:
Firstly please stop it with your “hafeez has an average of 50 in the last 3 years” it’s a really silly figure that you tried to create a thread from. One could say umar akmal has an average of 50 plus after his test in newzealand when he made a debut century or that flintoff was a better batsman than tendulkar coz he had a better average in the year 2005 or something like that.
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Interpretation may be different but you cant wish away facts.
Those stats are pertinent to this conversation because they are Professor's numbers since his action was caused. He would not be the number one allrounder if he has similar numbers prior to his ban. Hence it is just plain wrong for anyone to call him near world class.

There has been a false perception brewing that he is now crucial to our odi game. He was once but not at more, he bowled 24 overs in the CT over 6 games, that isnt anything crucial.

In tests he would be more handy, but he is a dud as a batsman in foreign tests, i believe he has the second worse record ever for a batsmen after 20 tests, you cant carry him on the basis of his bowling. In Asia there may be merit to his selection but he is nearing 40 and has already been banned 3 times, how much longer can this charade continue?

We got over Ajmal who was our dominant force in all formats, we will get over the professor far easier.
 
It takes a specific type of low grade individual to support this guy, there is no way any one can justify this. What's next, PCB to expend all its resources in Hafeez bid to become the next PM of Pakistan?! he is a joke and he wouldn't make the Warwickshire 2nd XI at this stage even though they've been relegated. It's common sense to invest in the future, now is the time; but I suppose sense is not so common for many people.
 
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Hafeez will be almost 40 years old by the time 2019 WC comes lmao and on top of that it would be hilarious if he got called for chucking prior to the event :yk2 :ajmal in addition he is a big liability with the bat, that one knock vs India doesn't mean we select him until he is 50 years old; there's a big sample out there of his prowess in England for all to see.

And I've not even got to the ethics of supporting this serial CHEAT ! he is no different to Salman Butt.
 
pakistanigoneaussie said:
Interpretation may be different but you cant wish away facts.
Those stats are pertinent to this conversation because they are Professor's numbers since his action was caused. He would not be the number one allrounder if he has similar numbers prior to his ban.

We got over Ajmal who was our dominant force in all formats, we will get over the professor far easier.
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I understand your point. You are saying this guy is ineffective since his ban. So we can’t even call him a part time off spinner, he so rubbish now.

It’s not that the argument is lost on me. It’s simply that I do not believe there are any off spinners with a legal action currently playing who are world class and under 30. If there are they are too raw to be brought out. Until somebody is brought out into the public then we only have hafeez as a short term solution.

We are desperate for an off spinner or at least an off spinning all rounder. I don’t know what’s happening with Bilal Asif.
 
Abid Z said:
I understand your point. You are saying this guy is ineffective since his ban. So we can’t even call him a part time off spinner, he so rubbish now.

It’s not that the argument is lost on me. It’s simply that I do not believe there are any off spinners with a legal action currently playing who are world class and under 30. If there are they are too raw to be brought out. Until somebody is brought out into the public then we only have hafeez as a short term solution.

We are desperate for an off spinner or at least an off spinning all rounder. I don’t know what’s happening with Bilal Asif.
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I don't see where the desperation comes from, in limited overs we are doing just fine. There is a case for it in UAE tests, and we have yet to see Bilal Asif there
 
Because if your attack comprises 75% bowlers who take the ball away then you need at least 1 person who can bring the ball in and exploit both sides of the wicket. A right arm seaming all rounder or right arm off spinning all rounder are good assets to have and we’ve got neither right now. Shohaib is not an option as since he was called he hardly bowls and has retired from tests. And an out and out off spinner has to be completely world class to be of any use in ODI otherwise an all rounder will do.

The next assignment in new Zealand ODI’s requires somebody like say..Nathan mccullum.. I think hafeez with a remodelled action as about this level of all rounder.

But I dont watch Pakistan domestic so I can’t say how off spinners are doing. Hopefully there is somebody out there ready to take over the mantle from where Ajmal left off. The desperation is that our test attack relies too much on Yasir and Amir.
 
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (APP):Former skipper national cricket team Muhammad Hafeez Thursday said he was focusing on correcting his bowling action and for improvement he would be working with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Hafeez, who led Lahore Blues to victory over Lahore Whites in the National Twenty20 Cup 2017-18, while talking to media persons at Pindi Stadium Rawalpindi after the final said the match was great and both teams performed well.

“All teams have talented players who are coming to fore through these tournaments,” he said and added players like Imam ul Haq, Ali Shahzad, Atif Jabbar and Agha Salman were some talented youngsters whom PCB must keep an eye on.

He said the pitch was very well prepared for the final and the regional association organized the tournament very well. He also lauded the people of Rawalpindi for showing up in the final to support their cricket stars.

Responding to a question regarding former cricketer Saeed Ajmal’s statement against International Cricket Council (ICC), Hafeez lauded Ajmal’s career saying only Ajmal could give an answer to this question.

It may be mentioned here that Ajmal who officially announced his retirement from cricket on Wednesday had said that getting bowling action cleared according to ICC laws was a very difficult task. He had criticized ICC saying its rules must be same for every country.

https://www.app.com.pk/hafeez-to-focus-on-his-bowling-action/
 
Don't have money for youngsters and domestic but PCB have money to spend on a player who is almost finished. No vision in the people who runs PCB.:salute:salute:salute
 
Hafeez's job is to keep the economy low to give our strike bowlers the freedom to attack without worrying about runs(hassan ali,junaid etc). How do you think we won the Champions Trophy??

Half the people in this thread are close-minded
 
PCB overlooks Hafeez's bowling action rectification

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has overlooked Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action rectification and directed the all-rounder to play the super eight stage of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

According to details, the governing body has not taken any step to fix Hafeez’s bowling action that has been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) apart from forming a review committee.

Meanwhile, the off-spinner had asked PCB to provide a spin coach rather than taking services of the review committee in a bid to make comeback in the bowling department.

Mohammad Hafeez had been suspended for illegal action after he failed to clear the bowling test that was held in England.

The 37-year-old was found to exceed the 15-degree level of tolerance enforced by the International Cricket Council. This was the third time in last three years that Hafeez was suspended from bowling in the international cricket.

He was reported for a suspect action during third ODI against Sri Lanka played in Abu Dhabi on October 18. Hafeez underwent a test on November 1 as he was told to participate in an assessment to check his bowling arm within 14 days and the results confirmed that he violated the ICC regulations.

In accordance with Article 11.1 of the ICC Illegal Bowling Regulations, Hafeez’s international suspension has also been recognized and enforced by all National Cricket Federations for domestic cricket events played in their own jurisdiction.

However, pursuant to Article 11.5 of the Regulations and with the consent of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Hafeez may be able to bowl in domestic cricket events played under the auspices of the PCB.

http://jaagtv.com/PCB-overlooks-Hafeezs-bowling-action-rectification-news-43196.html
 
Pray tell me why :) Is he such an important bowler for Pakistan? How many times he has to fail in his comeback before PCB stops wasting money on this futile exercise.
 
Abdullah719 said:
PCB overlooks Hafeez's bowling action rectification

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has overlooked Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action rectification and directed the all-rounder to play the super eight stage of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

According to details, the governing body has not taken any step to fix Hafeez’s bowling action that has been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) apart from forming a review committee.

Meanwhile, the off-spinner had asked PCB to provide a spin coach rather than taking services of the review committee in a bid to make comeback in the bowling department.

Mohammad Hafeez had been suspended for illegal action after he failed to clear the bowling test that was held in England.

The 37-year-old was found to exceed the 15-degree level of tolerance enforced by the International Cricket Council. This was the third time in last three years that Hafeez was suspended from bowling in the international cricket.

He was reported for a suspect action during third ODI against Sri Lanka played in Abu Dhabi on October 18. Hafeez underwent a test on November 1 as he was told to participate in an assessment to check his bowling arm within 14 days and the results confirmed that he violated the ICC regulations.

In accordance with Article 11.1 of the ICC Illegal Bowling Regulations, Hafeez’s international suspension has also been recognized and enforced by all National Cricket Federations for domestic cricket events played in their own jurisdiction.

However, pursuant to Article 11.5 of the Regulations and with the consent of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Hafeez may be able to bowl in domestic cricket events played under the auspices of the PCB.

http://jaagtv.com/PCB-overlooks-Hafeezs-bowling-action-rectification-news-43196.html
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Ok so if Hafeez doesnt play QEA then he doesnt get selected. Basically his bowling is of no importance to PCB
 
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