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LAHORE: Suspended Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal will appear for a formal biomechanics test on the legality of his bowling action in an Indian laboratory instead of England on Jan 24, a spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told reporters here on Monday.
A few days back, Ajmal had expressed his desire to appear for the test in England in order to get his bowling action cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
But instead, the ICC has asked him to undergo the formal test in their accredited laboratory in the Indian city of Chennai.
If Ajmal fails the test, he could face a one-year suspension from the game but there are reports he has decided to give up bowling the ‘doosra’ and is working on the carrom-ball in order to get cleared.
Published in Dawn January 13th , 2014
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Jan 13, 2015 10:10am
Once again the PCB is committing the blunder of sending his best bowler to India for testing. Well, I am announcing, Ajmal failing this test in advance. We will never learn lessons from the history.
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Jan 13, 2015 10:41am
Goodluck Saeed Ajmal, remember BCCI is ICC now, BCCI does not want you in World Cup team... as simple it gets....
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Jan 13, 2015 10:41am
Why ICC is insisting to send Ajmal to India for formal biomechanics test when more than one testing labs are available ?
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Jan 13, 2015 10:43am
@Salim Khan Yes. The Indians will fix the machine which makes the measurements. :-)
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Jan 13, 2015 10:50am
BCCI should send Ajmal back. If he fails, it will just fuel another conspiracy theory. Pakistanis will say that Indians knew in advance that Ajmal would win the world cup for Pakistan, so they deliberately failed him.
BCCI, please send him back to avoid stress.
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Jan 13, 2015 10:53am
@Weirdity Remember the tendulkar dismissal in WC 2011 semi final which was reversed by hawk-eye? You can expect anything in india :-)
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Jan 13, 2015 10:55am
Sri nawasan is not hosting this test or BCCI , it will be purely done on Bio-mechanic lab system it better now to prove ourselves right instead of blaming others . Prigyan ojha has also been banned in same lab he was not foreigner or Pakistani and Bio mechanic machine does not knows whether the person who is under going test is Pakistani or Indian it will just produce results on test basis .
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Jan 13, 2015 11:26am
Do you know, there is recording of action? Angel not measured by Indian. It's measured by machines. In Indian Lab, technicians are also from other countries. It's better not find conspiracy theory everywhere. He should believe in himself. Machines don't know player's country name.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:29am
This is another mistake. World Cup 2011 was fabricated for India, and now BCCI playing tactics to fix 2015 in India's favor. PCB is stupid to send Ajmal to India, why not Australia?
Someone should stop Ajmal going to India for test.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:35am
Pakistan doesn't have any facility to test their bowlers for the legality of their actions before sending them into international circuit. So it is normal for some bowlers to exceed the 15 degree limit. Why is this hard to understand?
And the sudden crackdown on the bowlers from all countries might puzzle you, but remember most of the countries playing international cricket have some facility to judge the level of bend during bowling.
Please stop this fixation on India trying to suppress you bowling talent. Remember if India really want to suppress talent for our benefit, they will want to look into the australian or the english bowlers where we are facing repeated thrashing time and again.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:35am
@Farhan :
And you think that "hawk eye" is owned by BCCI? And that BCCI is a strong supporter of DRS?
Btw there has been numerous DRS blunders against INDIAN team; thats why India refuses to use this system in bilateral series in first place.
Have some sense.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:43am
Looks like PCB can't afford airfare to England or Australia .
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Jan 13, 2015 11:46am
@salman Spot on..However there are some don't understand that.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:48am
to all my pakistani brothers. this software which is same which is used in england. results are transparent. icc asked him to go to india because their centre is in subcontinent. ajmal is a great bowler i think he will pass the test.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:50am
@salman Biomechanic Machine does not know the religion or cast or nationality but the operator does know. What about the integrity of the people in the biomechanics lab in India? Question is why the ICC insists that Ajmal should go to Chennai? Who is controlling the ICC? Does ICC have more confidence in the lab in Chennai than the lab in England?
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Jan 13, 2015 11:53am
Ajmal's career is almost done now by sending him to India. Bye Bye Ajmal Bhai
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Jan 13, 2015 12:08pm
Feel sorry for Ajmal.
He is never going to make it.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:11pm
@Salim Khan ...My dear friend, measurements based on maths. If Ajmal passes this test then what will be next? please analyse your players in a right direction and secure their future.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:17pm
PCB should send Ajmal to Australia to a accredited lab to get action tested and obtain an unofficial results first and then send him on a offical visit to chennai to expose the Indian conspiracy designed against Ajmal.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:31pm
He should not be sent to India; no use spending money when outcome is known; ICC and BCCI don't want him in the World Cup.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:33pm
hmmm. What if he passes? PCB will be taken aback.. :D
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Jan 13, 2015 12:36pm
@Weirdity
Why do computer take 7 days for result; and why does't India accept referrals, not believing in computers?
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Jan 13, 2015 12:37pm
@salman
Ask India to accept referrals.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:39pm
@Indian
India did same in Kabbadi.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:40pm
@Sunil
Your views support our apprehension; thanks.
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Jan 13, 2015 12:48pm
Please send him to London! If he fails then Pakistan is sure to cry foul and spoil the game for everyone
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Jan 13, 2015 01:11pm
'Taking your spit back' this is what happened to this guy , he was saying he would prefer England over India, now see what happened.
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Jan 13, 2015 01:13pm
ICC = BCCI
So result is expected.
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Jan 13, 2015 01:19pm
if india bann him..then only india can win the WC and match gainst pak..he is such a big threat ..common!! guys LOL
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Jan 13, 2015 01:27pm
Now my fellows have started blaming india. ICC sent to australia unluckily test fail ,could there be
favorable condition in ENGLAND?
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Jan 13, 2015 01:31pm
No sense going to India we all know what will be outcome of going there.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jan 13, 2015 01:35pm
@Riaz : remain apprehensive, cricket is not big issue and Ajamal still is not at all an issue
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Jan 13, 2015 02:06pm
@Riaz
Indeed. As does yours.
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Jan 13, 2015 02:18pm
@LOUDSPEAKER they are scared he may go into hiding in England....no visa, In India he will pose a security threat.....
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Jan 13, 2015 02:34pm
@karma yogi : Good question . Even then our Pak friends would sniff a controversy . This time for clearing him by the Chennai lab hoping to be reported yet again and set up a ban during the WC .
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Jan 13, 2015 02:34pm
@karma yogi
Will be a miracle.
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Jan 13, 2015 02:38pm
@Riaz referral system also seeks support from hawk eye not purely from third umpires so if they are so influenced than they would greatly support referral instead of getting against of it . human error persists every time .
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Jan 13, 2015 02:50pm
one down two to go............ after tests in india and after Hafeez saga, Ajmal will follow the suite and thereafter most likely our Zulfiqar or Yasir will next be in line for suspect action and then after indian test to keep them out of international cricket. wow, this is called politics - big 3 remember.
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Jan 13, 2015 02:51pm
@Mohsin Dear, Australians and English are more concerned about spin than Indians. It is up to you to send wherever you wish, but, please stop these conspiracy theories and be realist.
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Jan 13, 2015 03:05pm
@FARHAN if he fails in pakistan, do you know what you will say, you will say Big 3 conspired to keep ajmal away...as if Ajmal won u last three world cups and everybody is scared to death
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Jan 13, 2015 03:06pm
but then why are there so many of these from Pakistan...almost every one of them
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Jan 13, 2015 03:22pm
@franklyspeaking
No one can dare question big-3; that's why?
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Jan 13, 2015 03:27pm
@Gaurav Arya
Ajmal not in wc team
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Jan 13, 2015 03:45pm
He should not go to India. PCB should make it clear to ICC (Indian Cricket Council) that we are ok with Saeed being tested in India.
This is simply ridiculous
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Jan 13, 2015 03:47pm
@Riaz Pakistan did in almost all the cricket matches with pakistani umpires
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Jan 13, 2015 03:51pm
Me too..... I am announcing, Ajmal failing this test in advance. We will never learn lessons from the history.
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Jan 13, 2015 03:52pm
Once a chucker always a chucker
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Jan 13, 2015 04:04pm
Wherever he goes BCCI is Omnipresent.
So how did going to England would have helped you cheat?
If you are right then no one can stop you. Why blame India for your problem?
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Jan 13, 2015 04:29pm
ICC- Indian Cricket Council
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Jan 13, 2015 04:30pm
@Salim Khan So you are confident about his wrong and unlawful bowling action. My question is why he was never well checked in Pakistan. If was he, then Pakistan could have avoided to face this humiliation.
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Jan 13, 2015 04:32pm
Well history suggest there is no real test done in Pakistan before they players are caught by International committees. If Ajamal was tested properly in Pakistan then this could have not be a situation. We all know the age lie, Pakistan makes for their older players to be eligible to play in under 16 and under 19. My father got retired after 35 years of serving, but still Afridi is 32 years old. Hasan raza was another example.
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Jan 13, 2015 04:48pm
@salman These labs don't generate an automated report. Alot of post analysis is done on it, and even a marginal change in considering the point of delivery of the ball can cause all the difference. The Australian lab that is the founder of these tests has already declared the current methods deployed as obsolete.
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Jan 13, 2015 04:53pm
All these comments from our Pakistani friends clearly show how they can become cry babies whenever India comes for a reference and especially now in such a situation. To avoid such situations, why don't they pressurise both PCB and their govt to establish such an ICC accredited laboratory in Pakistan itself. Either they have no money to invest or they always like to be looked upon as indeed a backward country which can not create such a facility at home to pretest their bowlers before they go anywhere in the world officially to be tested. But please stop blaming our country When there is no reason to do it.. Mr Ajmal could have come here for an unofficial check of his action before he could be deputed to any country for an official testing.
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Jan 13, 2015 05:05pm
@LOUDSPEAKER , Coz geographically Chennai is the nearest test lab for Pakistan..if Ajmal is an irish, he would have got the orders to travel to London.
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Jan 13, 2015 05:06pm
@FARHAN Coz Chennai is the nearest ICC test lab for pakistan...
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Jan 13, 2015 05:08pm
@Shafin Verani , Coz Chennai is the nearest ICC test lab for pakistan
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Jan 13, 2015 05:52pm
@Rashid .. It is not the issue of nearest ICC Test lab at Chennai.. It is the Indian test lab where players are sent for bowling action because of so called Big 3's decisions.
Why Williamson was also sent to Chennai..India is in no way near to New Zealand????????
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Jan 13, 2015 06:15pm
@Indian Well I know about the standard of science in India. It is not better than in Pakistan. I totally believe that the use of the system to evaluate the bowling action of bowlers in India will have a lot of standardization problems. The system requires a lot of characterizations and maintenance, which I believe is beyond an Indian level. I am 100% sure that Ajmal will fail this test and the other way round is not possible. But we have enough talent to overcome the loss of Ajmal. So no worries actually.
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Jan 13, 2015 06:45pm
It is high time Saudi Arabia must start a bio mechanics lab at Riyadh exclusively for Pakisthan team to be fair..
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Jan 14, 2015 01:25am
A blunder by Ajmal who will eventually face the same fate like his predecessor Hafeez.
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Jan 14, 2015 11:28am
@Salim Khan Salim Khan
"Well I know about the standard of science in India. It is not better than in Pakistan."""I One country has reached Mars thanks to science and other is trying to reach Kashmir!
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Jan 14, 2015 06:31pm
@Salim Khan :I'm 100% sure he will fail as well, because a habit of bowling with 40degree + bent is very difficult correct.
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Jan 15, 2015 01:13am
@sane person
You are mistaken here. The exact method of the testing has never been made public by the ICC.
This has been the criticism from the Australian university. They do not see it as scientifically proved as long as the methods is kept in dark.
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