BANGALORE, March 26: Pakistan off spinner Shoaib Malik is hoping to begin bowling soon as he plans to see a biomechanic expert in South Africa after the on-going Pakistan-India series.
Malik who is banned from bowling because of a suspect action could not get a chance in the three-Test series although he is on the team.
“It is disappointing for me but I think I have to be relaxed in such circumstances,” he told journalists on Saturday.
“It is because of my bowling action that I have not been picked for the Tests but I am delighted though to have been named on a squad of 16 for the one-dayers.”
It is batting strength in ODIs that he has been chosen for the six-match series that starts with the first match at Cochin on April 2.
Shoaib has scored 2224 runs at an average of 31.77 in the 93 Internationals he has played since making his debut in 1999-2000.
He has four hundreds and has taken 80 wickets with his fine off spin. The problem with Shoaib’s bowling action is because of a fracture of the elbow and collarbone he suffered as a result of which his arm straightens more than ICC’s permitted limit of 15 degrees.
Shaoib had also gone to Australia to consult biomechanics but was told that his arm straightened more than the stipulated limit of 15 degrees.
Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh who took six wickets for 154 in Pakistan’s first innings on Friday is also under a cloud for chucking and was reported during the second Test at Kolkata by English Match Referee Chris Broad.
He was first reported last December and went to Australia to work with a biomechanics expert and benefited from ICC’s latest ruling.
