‘PCB plans to import software for detecting illegal actions’

Published September 19, 2014
“The software includes using a wrist scanner on the bowler and computer software and cameras,” Intikhab Alam stated. — File photo by AFP
“The software includes using a wrist scanner on the bowler and computer software and cameras,” Intikhab Alam stated. — File photo by AFP

KARACHI: Domestic cricket head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Intikhab Alam feels bowlers having illegal actions is a worldwide problem, saying the Board is planning to import a software from Australia to detect bowlers breaking the 15-degree elbow extension limit allowed by the ICC.

“Besides setting up a biomechanics lab at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore with 22 high-speed cameras and related software we are also planning to import a software from Australia to detect bowlers having illegal actions,” Intikhab stated.

“The software includes using a wrist scanner on the bowler and computer software and cameras.”

Intikhab said they were planning to have Saeed Ajmal undergo bio-mechanic tests with a corrected bowling action before the World Cup “so he is available for selection for the mega event next year”.

“The PCB would use all modern methods, including a functional bio-mechanics lab, to stamp out the menace of illegal bowling actions in domestic cricket,” he maintained.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2014

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