LAHORE: Pakistan’s off-spinner Saeed Ajmal will depart for England on Saturday to go through unofficial testing on his remodeled action at the newest ICC accredited laboratory at National Cricket Performance Center at Loughborough, situated at Loughborough University, Cardiff.
Ajmal’s tests will be conducted on Monday.
During his brief stay in England, Ajmal will also work with former Test off-spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq.
Ajmal is banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for an illegal bowling action.—Sports Reporter
Published in Dawn, November 8th, 2014
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Ahmed
Nov 08, 2014 12:52pm
I'm sorry dawn, if you are going to claim to be the premier English language newspaper of the country then get your facts correct. There is no Loughborough University in Cardiff. There is the Cardiff University and The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (now called Cardiff Met) and is my alma mater, so I know a little bit about Cardiff. Also if Saeed Ajmal was going to be going to Cardiff then he would have been going to Wales and not England, because Cardiff is the capital of Wales and not a part of England. England and Wales are two separate provinces of a country called Great Britain.
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shayat
Nov 08, 2014 02:07pm
@Ahmed please get your own facts right. Great Britiain is an island not a country. England and Wales are countries not provinces. UK and Britian (not Great Britian) are terms used to refer to union of states of England, Wales, Scotland and Norther Ireland.
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Jam
Nov 08, 2014 02:11pm
@Ahmed England has no provinces, its a unitary state where all powers belong to the center-London. London has devolved some powers to the four units (england, scotland, ireland, and wales).
I reckon he is going to Loughborough, Leicestershire. yeah you are right uni is not in cardiff.
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Jam
Nov 08, 2014 07:57pm
@shayat your comments made my day. just a polite suggestion to make you correct. What is a difference between an island and a country? firstly, a country can be an island, but it does not mean its not a country. An island need not necessarily to be a country. is not it?
secondly wales and Scotland are not countries, for a nation to have a status of a country, it should have four thing: Sovereignty, territory, government and Population. Scots, irish, and walesh have three things, but no sovereignty which belongs to UK.
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AA
Nov 08, 2014 09:07pm
Thanks good learning- we wish Ajmal the best and hope he will be cleared.
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Zar
Nov 09, 2014 01:52am
Good luck Ajmal! hope your hard work has paid off.
All comments on Cardiff, British people do not difference between Great Britain, UK etc, so please excuse Dawn!
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Morph3us
Nov 09, 2014 09:08am
no need to spend more time and effort and money on this HAS BEEN
his golden days are gone - the gap he left has been filled
REMEMBER HUSSEY THRASH?
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shahrukh fatah
Nov 09, 2014 10:07am
Best of luck, Ajmal!
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dev
Nov 09, 2014 09:12pm
I really don't expect Ajmal to play for Pakistan anymore because of two counts, his age and the reason that his action is remodeled, with his remodeled action I don't expect him to be successful.
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salman khan
Nov 10, 2014 12:20am
@Morph3us yeah he does remember hussey thrash,But you know even the best bowler in the world has been hit hard,Glen mcgrath,waqar,wasim,shoaib akhtar,lee,bond,saqlain and many others all had got beaten by someone..........and remember after that what he did to hussey,in every match hussey,s wicket belonged to ajmal......................
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