papa
22-05-2005, 09:42 AM
Let's hope his elbow stays a little straighter this time round.
Malik 'not cleared for life'
From correspondents in London
May 19, 2005
The International Cricket Council has warned Pakistan that Shoaib Malik cannot be "cleared for life" after remodelling a supect bowling action.
The off-spinner was cited for a suspect top-spin action following a one-day series in Sri Lanka in October but recently returned to bowling.
The Pakistan Cricket Board wrote to the world governing body asking it to clarify the 23-year-old Shoaib's position, and there was even a suggestion that he should be allowed to "bowl without inhibition" in future.
But the ICC re-iterated its longstanding position that no bowler can ever be given a lifetime clearance because of the risk of re-offending.
In a letter to the PCB, David Richardson the ICC's general-manager, cricket, wrote it had noted a considerable improvement in Malik's bowling action in Pakistan's recent tour of India, as confirmed by the Pakistan board's own biomechanical report that it recently commissioned from South Africa.
Malik 'not cleared for life'
From correspondents in London
May 19, 2005
The International Cricket Council has warned Pakistan that Shoaib Malik cannot be "cleared for life" after remodelling a supect bowling action.
The off-spinner was cited for a suspect top-spin action following a one-day series in Sri Lanka in October but recently returned to bowling.
The Pakistan Cricket Board wrote to the world governing body asking it to clarify the 23-year-old Shoaib's position, and there was even a suggestion that he should be allowed to "bowl without inhibition" in future.
But the ICC re-iterated its longstanding position that no bowler can ever be given a lifetime clearance because of the risk of re-offending.
In a letter to the PCB, David Richardson the ICC's general-manager, cricket, wrote it had noted a considerable improvement in Malik's bowling action in Pakistan's recent tour of India, as confirmed by the Pakistan board's own biomechanical report that it recently commissioned from South Africa.