Mohammad Hafeez Reported for Suspicious Bowling
The Pakistani
team’s off-spinner, Mohammad Hafeez, has been reported for a possibly suspect
bowling action. The incident took place during the third One-Day International
that the team played against the Sri Lankans in Abu Dhabi. The International
Cricket council announced the report on Thursday.
Match Official’s Report Handed to
Management
The International
Cricket Council stated that the match official’s report had been handed over to
the management team for the Pakistanis, and that concerns about the lawfulness
of the 37-year old player’s bowling action during Wednesday’s match had been
stated within it. It seems that law comes into all parts of cricket, from game
play to betting and everything in between.
Bowling Action to be Scrutinised
The bowling
action which was reported will now be investigated more thoroughly under the
International Cricket Council’s regulations governing illegal bowling action.
Hafeez will be required to submit to testing within two weeks, but, during this
period, he will still be able to play. Hafeez will be allowed to keep bowling
in International Cricket games until the assessment results are made known,
according to the Council, so he will not suffer undue punishment until guilt
has been proved, if guilt exists.
It Is Not the First Time
As punters who
enjoy cricket betting options at the various sports betting sites that provide markets for the games will
know full well, this is not the first time Hafeez’s action has been reported as
suspicious. It is, in fact, the third occasion that Hafeez has been reported.
Hafeez got
suspended from bowling in December of 2014, although he was cleared the April
following. His action was then once more reported in June of 2015, and his
second suspension rapidly followed, within 24 months of the first one. He was
then suspended from bowling in International Cricket games for 12 months, with
the suspension period commencing in July of 2015.
On the 17th of
November last year, Hafeez underwent a bowlingaction reassessment at the National Cricket Center located in Brisbane, but was allowed to
get back to bowling thereafter, since his actions were found to be legal.
He bowled eight
overs, taking one for 39 in the cricket game which Pakistan went on to win by
seven wickets, securing an unbeatable lead of 3 - 0 in the five-match series.
A History of Problems for Pakistan
The Pakistani team
has had numerous illegal bowling action problems in the past, with a number of
different players being reported. These include quick bowlers Shabbir Ahmed and
Shoaib Akhtar, as well as spinners Bilal Asif, Saeed Ajmal, and Shahid Afridi.
Saeed Ajmal’s
career was brought to an end after he did not manage to achieve the same level
of success with the remodelled action in 2015, but Bilal Asif’s action got
cleared after it was reassessed.
Under the new
International Cricket Council regulations, all bowlers are permitted to bend
their arm by 15 degrees, and anything beyond that is seen as illegal.
Hafeez has
managed to claim 136 wickets in 193 One-Day Internationals, and has taken 52
Test scalps and a total of 46 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals.
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