Adnan Rasool reported for suspect action

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KARACHI: Lahore Lions’ off-spinner Adnan Rasool, who has bowled quite impressively for his team at the Champions League matches in India during the past week, has been reported for suspect action by the umpires, it was reliably learnt on Monday.

Adnan was reported by the on-field umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Chettithody Shamshuddin after the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad Deccan on Sunday which the Lahore Lions lost by four wickets. Adnan has been placed on a warning list but can play and bowl in a match.

Prior to his stint in India, Adnan was examined for suspect action at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore and he had comfortably passed the test since he measured in the range of 10 to 12 degrees.

Adnan was also earmarked as a contender for the ODI and T20 squads for the matches against Australia in the UAE next month and a hot contender to replace seasone spinner Saeed Ajmal who was banned for illegal bowling action by the ICC early this month.

Published in Dawn, September 23rd , 2014

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saad khan

Sep 23, 2014 02:23pm

What, he has been reported and Narine hasn't

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Lalit Sharma

Sep 23, 2014 02:37pm

Every spinner comes from pakistan with same/suspected action apart from kadir and kaneria.

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thk

Sep 23, 2014 03:21pm

Yeah I noticed he has a major flaw in his action. However you can't say every player, afridi, hafeez, the left arm offspinner i forgot his name and others too are all fine.

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indoaryan

Sep 23, 2014 03:22pm

Pakistani have themselves a bad reputation in the world, be it sport, terrorism, rape cases or Madarsa behavior. There is definite room for improvement in all these areas.

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Gina

Sep 23, 2014 03:45pm

Sethi sold Pakistan Cricket to Big 3. PCB should not send team to India. God knows what coming next? Worry for our players specially Wahab, Shehzad and Akmal

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ailly

Sep 23, 2014 04:05pm

ever since India has monopolized the ICC / either we bow to India else we forget about this game and start improving hockey.... one after another India is putting our bowlers out and out and out ..... no point in watching listless CLT20 or IPL ... both are on brink of extinction...trust me.

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Akil Akhtar

Sep 23, 2014 04:08pm

Any Pakistani who bowls well is reported, what a joke

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Vince

Sep 23, 2014 04:14pm

@saad khan Read the names who had reported him >>> Kumar Dharmasena and Chettithody Shamshuddin.

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ajay

Sep 23, 2014 04:29pm

@Vince what do you want to prove.

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amit

Sep 23, 2014 05:09pm

@ailly and your listless team participating in it. I think it was PCB's extinction.

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najma

Sep 23, 2014 07:36pm

But the earlier report said that the $440,000 equipment comprised of some 20 plus cameras was never even opened due to lack of expertise at Lahore. So did they measure the angles reported in this article.

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Muhammed Ali

Sep 23, 2014 08:01pm

Colonial rule..

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Sep 23, 2014 08:14pm

Why it has to happen on the Indian soil?

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Naved

Sep 23, 2014 09:13pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad ...because that is where he is playing...and this is his first international exposure. Grow up

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ailly

Sep 23, 2014 09:39pm

@amit ............. oh yeah, alas , it was ........... now its reality even Botham has raised his voiced against IPL........ hoodoo what so say more on corrupted / fixed IPL.

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shams

Sep 23, 2014 10:19pm

Sunil Narine chucks by 'extending' his arm during most deliveries and by flexing during doosra. Some how the 'benders' are being picked by umpires and extender chuckers are not. Every doosra delivered by Sunil Narine and Ashwin are chucks. The only legal delivery Narine bowls is a ball that does not do any thing but does straight.

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amit

Sep 24, 2014 12:00am

@ailly who cares about Botham.If IPL was not so successful then how it was in its 7th edition. Dude grapes are always sour for people like you. And about fixing BCCI always adopt zero tolerance policy unlike your board who always try to bring match fixers to playing circuit and support them.

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anshul

Sep 24, 2014 12:59am

@saad khan because sunil narine is a hindu baniya lolz happy!

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Dr Sidiqui

Sep 24, 2014 01:40am

Politics at its zenith!

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Dr Zia

Sep 24, 2014 05:35am

A lot of Indians are surprisingly interested in this article. perhaps their masters have caught another pakistani fish in their own waters using their own fisherman. LOL Yes pak is on a backfoot but atleast we havent sold ourselves to the money devil like BCCI . The Indian ICC president surprisingly corrupt enough to not be allowed to be a BCCI president anymore is superseding on cricket affairs yet they have the nerve to come and talk about pakistan.

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Sep 24, 2014 11:02am

@amit Yes, the listless team that beat the CLT20 champions. I doubt your intelligence.

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Calcutta Man

Sep 24, 2014 12:44pm

@Dr Zia READ THIS: Comment: Tough time for Ajmal but he may still bounce back By Qamar Ahmed

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jay`1980

Sep 24, 2014 12:47pm

@Dr Zia U MAY NOT HAVE SOLD ur self to money devil BCCI but Pakistan has surely sold itself to USA //

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Dhul

Sep 24, 2014 01:52pm

@saad khan Dude have you seen Narine bowling before, his arm is so straight

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amit

Sep 24, 2014 03:52pm

@Dr Zia We all know who sold whom when Scotland Yard arrested 3 of your players in 2010.

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Sanjay

Sep 24, 2014 04:14pm

@Gina : Yeahh, absolutely correct. Do 1 thing.. Keep your players locked in safe environment of Pakistan... No need of sending them to other countries.. Just ask other Cricket nation to come to Pakistan and play with your team...

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Sanjay

Sep 24, 2014 04:17pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad : Was Saeed Ajmal reported in India???

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Muhammad Umer

Sep 24, 2014 05:02pm

Its sad that due to PCB's irresponsibility every now and then Pakistanis around the world hear such stories. Recently, i was in Pakistan for my Eid holidays and had an opportunity to watch a local T20 Ramadan final in Karachi, there was a bowler named Misbah Khan playing for Omer Associates team, one of the biggest chucker i ever came across in recent times, but still everyone was fine with it, although the match was live on National Television. My point is, until and unless we check and train them on grass roots level we will never discipline these otherwise talented individuals. I

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Calcutta Man

Sep 24, 2014 09:59pm

@ailly On the other hand, Kevin Pietersen has supported IPL. Also, if you care to read British newspapers like the Guardian on a regular basis, you'll realise the English themselves laugh at Ian Botham, saying he talks rubbish. And when did Botham become the last word on cricketing and administrative ethics?

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