Hafeez faces 12-month bowling ban after failing assessment
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MUMBAI: Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been banned from bowling for 12 months after his action was found to be illegal for the second time since November, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday.
Former Pakistan captain Hafeez was initially reported after the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in November and was subsequently banned after an independent analysis found his action to be illegal.
He was cleared to bowl in April after changing his action but the part-time off-spinner was again reported by match officials for a suspect action during last month's Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Read: Embattled Hafeez undergoes rigorous testing at Chennai lab
“Hafeez is entitled to appeal any procedural aspect of an independent assessment that has led to this automatic suspension,” the ICC said in a statement.
“However, only after the expiry of this one-year period will he be entitled to approach the ICC for a re-assessment of his bowling action.”
The legality of his bowling action was questioned by match officials during the team's first Test victory over Sri Lanka.
Following the match, officials reported Hafeez to the ICC Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions, after which he underwent independent assessment at the Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai.
Read: Wrong approach by PCB led to Hafeez setback, says Zaka
According to the assessment, Hafeez's bowling action was declared illegal because his elbow extension exceeded 15 degrees while bowling.
Last week, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to go 1-0 up in the five-match series after Mohammad Hafeez claimed his best bowling figures in One-day Internationals before returning to register his tenth hundred.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:43pm
One more Pakistani biting the dust....
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Jul 17, 2015 01:45pm
It is about time that PCB do their own diligence and make sure that they don't bring to international cricket those who are not playing by rules. It is yet another embarrassment for the country after the case of Saeed Ajmal.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:47pm
thats not how you celebrate Eid with this kind of Eidi.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:47pm
Its all over for hafeez now as far as his bowling in concerned. Does he merit himself to be selected just as a batsman? That's a million dollar question.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:47pm
First ajmal then hafeez.
Well done PCB for doing nothing.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:51pm
As expected!
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Jul 17, 2015 01:51pm
Conspiracy theory will start in Pakistan.
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Jul 17, 2015 01:51pm
what action . i don't understand
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Jul 17, 2015 01:53pm
Why must a bowler playing in International arena chuck, which is unfair?
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Jul 17, 2015 01:56pm
Test conducted in Chennai??? must be a conspiracy....where are the conspiracy theorists???
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Jul 17, 2015 01:57pm
Does it mean Hafeez's bowling career is over??
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Jul 17, 2015 01:59pm
The biggest mistake was sending him to India. Plus with T20 world cup coming up and Hafeez being the key allrounder he was bound to get banned by the ICC (Indian Cricket Council)
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Jul 17, 2015 02:01pm
If Murali with javelin throw action is now the highest wicket taker in test, what's wrong with Hafeez action? Harbhajan is still playing international cricket with more than 600 wickets. It's a very very bizarre situation.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:03pm
Chuckers have no place in international cricket.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:04pm
No Ban for those player in IPL corruption? Sure jiski lathi oski behans
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Jul 17, 2015 02:07pm
India has nothing better to do..This guy has the cleaniest bowling action even fast bowler will be proud of his action. First they declare it clean but I knew it they wanted to humilite this poor kid more and more.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:07pm
Why test was done in a non well wisher country that always try to deceive Pakistan
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Jul 17, 2015 02:11pm
Well done haters slaping on Icc face .lol
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Jul 17, 2015 02:17pm
@vicky, ICC (indian cricket council), by the way get rid of obsession with Pakistan. This news has nothing to do with your indi country.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:20pm
look at the happiness of OBSESSED indians over Pakistani cricketer ban. Looks like the some kind psychological disorder.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:27pm
after hafeez its shoiab mallik turn to be banned
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Jul 17, 2015 02:29pm
HAFEEZ WILL MAKE A STRONG COMEBACK
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Jul 17, 2015 02:29pm
Result of 1st ODI between Srilanka and pakistan should be nullify. Hafeez was Man of the Match for his choker balling (bat also). He was main culprit for Sri-Lanka team. His record should be nullify.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:36pm
Is he being made to miss T20 championship to favour big 3?
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Jul 17, 2015 02:36pm
@vicky what about countless indians biting the dust, azharuddin, jedeja, srinavasan, IPL, and the world knows, India is the biggest place for black money and fixing, so kindly first clean your home then if time is left, argue with others
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Jul 17, 2015 02:36pm
good job done icc..i always felt that hafiz always chucked
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Jul 17, 2015 02:37pm
I don't understand this law. It is a spinner. Spinners don't bowl fast enough to hurt anyone. Let them bowl they want and batsmen should improve their game instead.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:37pm
Yasir 'Messi' Shah is more than enough to eat the entire Indian batting line up. Tum kitne spinner maro ge, her gher se sinner nikle ga.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:43pm
India is laughing all the way to the bank with its testing facilities!!!
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Jul 17, 2015 02:47pm
@zak, I always suspected ChennaiSK & RajasthanR to be corruption hub. you got the point.
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Jul 17, 2015 02:47pm
@YARMUK Yes we are happy bcoz it is game of gentleman not for doing fraud
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Jul 17, 2015 02:49pm
This is unfair....Why always Pakistani players in trouble...
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Jul 17, 2015 02:49pm
Under influence of Indian cricket board this ICC decision is expected. No surprise.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:01pm
@YARMUK Then stop blaming India for his illegal bowling action results.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:03pm
Another conspiracy against Pak, isn't is Ramiz Chacchu?
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Jul 17, 2015 03:06pm
It all started when they allowed a certain bowler from Sri Lanka with highly suspected action to continue because of political reasons, other bowlers from the Indian sub-continent started following him as a role model and the menace become so much that the ICC put its foot down to say enough is enough. Unfortunately by time the plug was put, a big damage was already done and some of these cricketers are finding difficult to re-adjust.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:08pm
Don't worry ICC, we have backup, how many are you gonna banned ..
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Jul 17, 2015 03:10pm
with players like hafiz pakistan team will always bite the dust
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Jul 17, 2015 03:11pm
ICC STOP BEING SO BIASED AGAINST PAKISTANIS...Haven't you guys seen the bowling actions of Ashwin and Harbajhan Sing...why no one has raised his finger on theIR bowling actionS...
This appalling fact is U guys ARE INTIMIDATED BY THE BOWLING strength of pakistan...
U tried to ruin Ajmal's carrier and we came up with Yasir Shah
Btw Ajmal is also making a comeback Soon he ill be wearing green Shirt once again..
No matter how hard you try Suppress pakistan through your evil maneuvers... we ill always emerge victorious,we ill always forge our way through struggle and we ill always rise because We Pakistanis meant to rise...
#shameonicc
#iccindianlobby
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Jul 17, 2015 03:12pm
ICC became indian cricket council. Why govt pays such impotents like PCB for doing nothing. PCB you are a shame
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Jul 17, 2015 03:15pm
Clean cricket movement by ICC.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:16pm
pakistan bowlers are laughing stock to the world
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Jul 17, 2015 03:20pm
I wonder when the ICC will come up with the ' 13 degree knee bend of the left leg ' for a right arm bowler.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:21pm
This is great news
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Jul 17, 2015 03:21pm
Why always and only Pakistani bowlers actions are questioned?Wait and see the corruption in the cricked of this nature cannot be brushed under the carpets.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:25pm
Nice to see chuckers are kicked out of cricket. Good move by ICC. Sorry to see some people's career getting over e.g. senanayke, ajmal, and now hafeez bowling career will be over too. Not very pleasing aspect, but a necessary step in making cricket clean.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:26pm
No one forced PCB to send Hafeez to India....well ask PCB it is cheaper to access this world class lab than sending him to Australia...And the test was conducted in front of your PCB members, don't blame India for this....And next time you don't want your players to be sent to India for testing then invest in this world class lab in Pakistan!!!!
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Jul 17, 2015 03:26pm
India is after and hurting Pakistan in whatever way they can. Cricket is one of them.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:26pm
@ashfaq This is another kind of war we are in with India
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Jul 17, 2015 03:28pm
Good decision. he was way too dodgy in that Galle match. You Do the Crime, You Do the Time, and do it for twelve months
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Jul 17, 2015 03:32pm
Thank you so much ICC. Please also make his bating technique illegal so we can select a more competent and talented all-rounder in the team!
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Jul 17, 2015 03:33pm
This has happened to him a few times now. In short, he reverts back to bad habits on game days. Might want to stop him from bowling altogether.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:35pm
I don't know why Indians are so keen to comment on issues thy have nothing to do with.
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Jul 17, 2015 03:37pm
It is bad that all the wickets he has taken with illegal action still stays on record...
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Jul 17, 2015 03:38pm
It should not be at umpire' discretion to report a player for action. How can an umpire see elbow degrees .... R u kidding me .... Every bowler needs be tested in a neutral lab .... Not Chennai .... India is out to destabilise pakistan in any way shape or form and you expect fairness with their gutter labs .... What the hell is going on man
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Jul 17, 2015 03:42pm
Why Malinga is not banned??
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Jul 17, 2015 03:42pm
Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Akmals were the mastermind to revolt against World Cup T20 winning team captain Yunus Khan. See what God has done to them !!!
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Jul 17, 2015 03:51pm
Most of the comments above are playing victim card rather than acknowledging the issue & asking PCB to take action accordingly to avoid such incidents in future
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Jul 17, 2015 03:54pm
Now thats absurd , first these PCB guys were crying that Hafeez is not issued Indian Visa to appear for the test in Chennai. Now he has been given the visa & got banned, again people started crying thats Indian cricket council in chennai banned him.. Why he didn't appear for test in UK then..??? Who suggested him to go for chennai ?
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Jul 17, 2015 04:03pm
When one has graduated from street cricket then the flaws are difficult to eradicate, particularly in bowling. I come across a lot of it in streets where everything including underarm, bent arm goes as acceptable. The cricket infrastructure requires teaching early age good and correct techniques. And that starts from coaching at schools. It is like everything else in Pakistan. Education, education, education.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:24pm
Actually icc wants bowlers like india who can't bowl more than 120 km/h, there fast bowlers look like spinners. They a are joke.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:24pm
You have to question the ICC, if his action is wrong now, why was he cleared the last time. I will never trust any report from India, like it or not. The prejudice and lack of trust on both sides is significant and it can never be hidden under the carpet.
ICC no longer a World Sports body, its only speaks for three countries. To bring the real values of the game back, a new body must be formed. One that has guts to tackle corruption and put some sense into the game and bring back the lost spirit.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:30pm
indian bowlers are third class bowlers of third class team in country that has rampant corruption and hatred for other communities.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:30pm
@Talha Sarwar - Please do name one who was BANHNED FOR 12 MONTHS :)
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Jul 17, 2015 04:32pm
@KRana, If you want it to be Gentlemen's game then do it through Gentlemen's way not Shudder's way!
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Jul 17, 2015 04:35pm
@Sandeep, It's your people who have to poke nose into everything happening with Pakistan regardless of other things. Then expect replies in same manner.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:36pm
So the saga, "If we can't play you we will ban you" continues.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:38pm
it's a harsh punishment!
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Jul 17, 2015 04:39pm
Next target, Hafeez's batting and Yasir Shah's bowling.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:41pm
It is nothing but sub continent conspiracy, people.....
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Jul 17, 2015 04:44pm
seeing Hafiz chucking bowling it is sure that Pakistan bowlers are of mediocore nature and they can bowl only and only with help of chucking
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Jul 17, 2015 04:45pm
@indians, Shoaib Akhtar still holds the record for FASTEST BALL ever bowled 160.7 km/h. Swing and Seam masters Wasim, Amir, Waqar. By the way WASIM was the one who taught indian bowlers how to swing, so remember your elder before making fun of your ownself in hatred.
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Jul 17, 2015 04:54pm
His arm ball had more more zip than what a normal delivery should have
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Jul 17, 2015 04:56pm
Pakistani bowlers are best in the world, Shoaib Akhtar is my favourite.
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Jul 17, 2015 05:08pm
ICC bunch of clowns!!! that's all they are...
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Jul 17, 2015 05:31pm
Nothing wrong with M Hafeez bowling action or most others as long as throw bowling is done. Looks like all legend bowlers in the past specialy spinners like Mulathrin, Shane Warne, etc would be banned in these rubbish rules. Top Pakistani players are targetted. PCB is very soft in taking action about the rules and angle bullshite.
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Jul 17, 2015 05:44pm
change the rule for pakistan.. chuking should be allowed
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Jul 17, 2015 05:44pm
hence forth he would be called Chuck noris
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Jul 17, 2015 06:06pm
Pakistan should immidiatly stop playing under icc ,playing under icc and calling it biased is hypocracy at best first Pakistan should withdraw from icc and complain as much they want about icc but dual nature do not work on one hand take money from icc and then blaming it for ur own incompitance.
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Jul 17, 2015 06:33pm
it is strange that whenever a Pakistan player gives some fantastic performance, someone cannot digest the same and objections are fabricated on the bowling. Why send the player to India for a test in the 'laboratory'? Why not some other more advanced country like Australia or England. You should not expect a good result of the test from Chennai particularly when you have downed one of their drones.
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Jul 17, 2015 06:43pm
And Harbhajan and Ashwin are not chuckers? Indians are born cheats
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Jul 17, 2015 06:45pm
@sandeep When will Srini and MS Dhoni go to jail for fixing?
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Jul 17, 2015 06:56pm
Double standard of ICC
shame on ICC
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Jul 17, 2015 06:58pm
@kalim
Yes, Malinga is the best chucker in the world.
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Jul 17, 2015 07:01pm
@YARMUK
Ofcourse it has every thing to do with INDIA !
INDIA KHUSH HUA !!
You just called the ICC the INDIA CRICKET COUNCIL !
Good thing you respect the POWER of INDIA !
INDIA will do what it wants and does not need to hear
envious remarks from pennyless backward PAKISTANIS.
The IPL is the RICHEST Cricket league in the world worth
more than $4 BILLION dollars.No wonder that like BOLLYWOOD
DESPERATE Pakistanis want a slice of the action.
BETA,JISKAY HAATH MAY LAATHI,USKI BHENS,SAMJAY NA ??!!
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Jul 17, 2015 07:20pm
I am watching Hafeez bowling. What illegal action and what bending of arm below to 15 degree? Sham lab and sham results. The impotent PCB needs to get herself kicked out of ICC and form another league with other like minded countries or they will continue to get the sham treatment from Big 3.
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Jul 17, 2015 07:43pm
My question to ICC
Why is this happening after the guy has been tested two time.
answer because the law is ambiguous and umpires poorly trained.
Solution test his biometric footage with actual footage
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Jul 17, 2015 07:57pm
Why don't ICC ban the Pakistan cricket team for once and forever?
These every now and then bans are like death by thousand cuts.
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Jul 17, 2015 08:19pm
@kalim Cos he doesnt bend his arm
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Jul 17, 2015 08:42pm
He has sacrificed his career by taking 4 wickets in 1st odi against srilanka.Real national hero.
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Jul 17, 2015 10:10pm
Dear Pakistani fans, do not compare with Murrali, his physical hand have problem put clear. Regarding Hafeez"s bowling action his elbow exceeded 15 degrees, showing completely jurk and throw. Murrali was historical Great bowler of the world record holder, one and only in the world. Hafeez now banned for 1 yrs if Pak team want to consider him batsman.
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Jul 17, 2015 10:19pm
Wait now they will do the same with Israr Shah.ICC want to remove Pakistan from international cricket. PCB should do something to avoid destroying of cricket of Pakistan.
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Jul 17, 2015 11:57pm
I don't believe ICC is against any particular bowler or nation but I do have alot of sympathy for Hafeez . I think he's Pakistan's best batsman after Younis.
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Jul 17, 2015 11:59pm
@IndoPakDosti Where does India come into this ? If you really think India controls ICC, why not stop playing cricket altogether ?
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Jul 18, 2015 12:02am
Hafeez is banned, Ajmal is banned, but Ashwin is legal
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Jul 18, 2015 01:52am
@Gamni Arjun Sri Lanka If Murali,Malinga ,Ashwin and Harbhajan are not throwers,then they must be redefining chucker law for Sri Lanka and India.
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Jul 18, 2015 05:56am
Forget the past but from now on ICC should put some procedures in place to assess a bowler right from his debute. It is just not right to find such faults after soneone has already played 100+ matches without being scrutinized for ten long years of a creer. PCB should check all their bowlers in the first class matches.
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Jul 18, 2015 07:24am
I've never heard of them complaining about a Pakistani bowler after Pakistan lose a match,its always after their wins,and its always a good one too.
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Jul 18, 2015 07:52am
I doubt this 'independent assessment', it's rather 'indian assessment'. Extremists controlling this sport.
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Jul 18, 2015 09:01am
he was a good bowler
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Jul 18, 2015 09:03am
This shows incompetence of PCB who ignore bowling action requirement while selecting players for international cricket.
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