Pakistan suspends 41 bowlers for chucking

[Awesome]

http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Cricket/10083208.html

A bit too extreme? They sure are doing things a little radically these days.

Lahore: Pakistan's Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended 41 bowlers from domestic cricket after they were reported for suspect bowling actions, an official said yesterday.

"Match referees and umpires have spotted 41 bowlers from different teams and regions whose actions are not right. They remain suspended until further work is done on them," Saleem Altaf, director of cricket operations, told Reuters.

Pakistan has faced repeated problems with its bowlers in recent years.

Pacer Shabbir Ahmad is serving a 12-month ban imposed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after being reported twice in 2005 while fastman Shoaib Akhtar has been reported three times since his debut in 1997.

Pakistan has also had three of its under-19 players who appeared in the ICC Youth World Cup reported by match officials.

"This is a major problem for us. But we are trying our best to resolve it and set a proper system in place to spot such bowlers," Altaf said.

The board would send the best players for remedial work under the supervision of coaches at the national and regional cricket academies, he said.

Pakistan paceman Shabbir Ahmad is confident of making a successful comeback after serving a one-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for an illegal bowling action.

Shabbir, who has taken 51 wickets in 10 tests, will fly to Australia on Sunday to undergo final checks on his bowling action, which will then be sent to the ICC for clearance before his ban ends on December 19.

Last year, the 30-year-old became the first bowler to be banned under revised ICC regulations after his action was reported twice in 2005.

"What really hurt is that the umpires reported me for only one or two deliveries, not my entire spells," Shabbir said.

 

[Srirangan]

http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Cricket/10083208.html

A bit too extreme? They sure are doing things a little radically these days.

They should start a bowling camp for the young ones to rectify their action so that their careers don't get ruined. They're your boys, must take care, future assets.

Not like our BCCI which doesn't give a sh!t about young players' development and is just interested in money minting.

 

[araz]

They should start a bowling camp for the young ones to rectify their action so that their careers don't get ruined. They're your boys, must take care, future assets.

Not like our BCCI which doesn't give a sh!t about young players' development and is just interested in money minting.

I agree. Both India and Pakistan should establish regional training acadamies for training future bowlers and Batsmen.Talent should be picked up by scouts at asround12 yrs and brought to acadamies for further training and ironing out any technical faults that they have. We have for too long relied on sheer talent to show itself before we correct his errors . I think it should be the other way around. It should be the policy of both countries in all sports, not just cricket.
Araz

 

[Srirangan]

I agree. Both India and Pakistan should establish regional training acadamies for training future bowlers and Batsmen.Talent should be picked up by scouts at asround12 yrs and brought to acadamies for further training and ironing out any technical faults that they have. We have for too long relied on sheer talent to show itself before we correct his errors . I think it should be the other way around. It should be the policy of both countries in all sports, not just cricket.
Araz

Yep. The internal system in Australia is so competitive and so good. That is why they are the best consistently. Australia have never had a weak team, despite being only a fraction of the population of India, Pakistan etc.