PCB may send Hafeez back to Pakistan after Sharjah ODI
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) may consider sending all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez back to Pakistan, following his suspension over a suspect bowling action by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Hafeez has been a key all-rounder for the team and captain Misbah-ul-Haq is eager to utilise his bowling services at the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
The 34-year-old's departure may also mean a possible shuffle in the lineup as the management had already announced the squad against New Zealand for the first two games before series started.
The ICC on Sunday declared the bowling action of Hafeez illegal. He was reported for a suspect action during the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi early in November after which he travelled to England for a biomechanics test.
In a statement posted to the cricket regulatory body's website, the ICC confirmed that Hafeez's action was illegal and he has been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect.
The statement read, "The International Cricket Council today confirmed that an independent analysis has found the bowling action of Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez to be illegal."
"The analysis revealed that all his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations."
Hafeez’s action was also reported during a Twenty20 league in India in September this year, but the PCB said the bowler went through remedial work at the national cricket academy in Lahore.
He was not reported during the 2-0 win over Australia which finished last month.
Previously, Hafeez’s action had been cleared after being reported in a one-day match against the West Indies in Brisbane in 2005.
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Dec 09, 2014 01:54pm
Where will they stop, probably when even holding a ball in your hand will be illegal, the BCCI has really shown its true colours, a message to BCCI, banning Pak bowlers will not stop you loosing all 4 tests in Australia.
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Dec 09, 2014 02:03pm
Jaldi wapss bhaij do....so Pakistan can easily win.
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Dec 09, 2014 03:23pm
a "key all rounder" ?? With a come & go kind of batting and not so effective spin bowling, only in Pakistan can a street level sifarshi be regarded as key all rounder.
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Dec 09, 2014 03:24pm
ICC needs to Public the detailed reports of all international bowlers being scrutinized lately, to ensure transparency.
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Dec 09, 2014 03:39pm
I wouldn't mind at all if ICC can make up a law to ban him from batting as well. That would be a huge service to Pakistan cricket.
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Dec 09, 2014 04:06pm
Abdul Hafeez has played 150 ODIs and still have major problem in his batting technique. I would recommend going with young opener who can ball a bit as well instead of relying heavily on him.
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Dec 09, 2014 04:12pm
Please send Fawad alam instead of Hafeez.
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Dec 09, 2014 04:14pm
@Burki good one Mr. Burki.
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Dec 09, 2014 04:18pm
Why wait for Sharjah ? Send him home now for remedial work, its demotivating for the team. Rather than feeling sorry for himself and others joining in, he needs to go back, work hard and prove himself right. In his absence, send in Fawad Alam, everyone is screaming his name. He deserves a consistent run in the team and is far better a player and batsman than Hafeez and Akmal.
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Dec 09, 2014 04:20pm
@Burki Harsh comment there Burki. Alright he may not be the greatest all rounder ever, but he has been in top five ranking all rounders in ODI and T20 for the last 4-5 years.
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Dec 09, 2014 06:34pm
He deserves to be excluded from all formats of the game and should not be allowed to wear the "green-shirt" anymore.
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Dec 09, 2014 07:39pm
@Oz : Yah much has been made out of his so called all rounder standing. Fact is, most cricketing nations have moved away from relying too much on an all rounder, hence the standards for a well established all rounder are much lower today then compared to golden era of Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Hadlee etc. Today even Mitchel Johnson is rated as an all rounder but his
inclusion in the team is always as a strike bowler and not based on a shaky IF-NOT-THEN grounds. What can you say about Hafeez's presence in the team, is he an established opening batsman? Is he a top-shelf spin master? No, his inclusion is always on that defeatist mentality that IF he fails in batting, THEN may be he'll come handy as a part time bowler. We need specialists ... specialist openers, 1 down and middle order. And we need specialist full time pacers and spinners, not these bit of this and bit of that lamers who are good at nothing.
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Dec 09, 2014 07:40pm
Why was PCB and Hafeez were not proactive, when he was called in Champions League. We just like to blame BCCI for useless things. They have nothing to do with this... it is our bowlers who needs remedial work. No BIG deal get your action fix. Why wait for Sharjah's match.... Send him home and have him work on his action... get him cleared ASAP. We have options with other openers, lets use them. For allrounder we have Fawad Alam who is a good enough batsman, very good fielder and he can bowl few overs in the middle. He had a successful 2014, lets use him.
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Dec 09, 2014 07:40pm
I don't get the bit,where you guys blame the BCCI,ajmal and hafeez were throwing the ball,everyone knows it ,its an open and shut case,nobody is trying to target Pakistan and Pakistan is not a victim by any means,if they didn't throw, they wouldn't have been banned. Accept it and move on
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Dec 09, 2014 07:46pm
Take this as opportunity to get rid of seniors. There is lot of young talent looking for opportunities to showcase their talent. My two cents.
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Dec 09, 2014 08:00pm
@Burki Can a sifarshi be world no:1 all rounder for so long?
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Dec 09, 2014 08:02pm
@Oz Yes I agree at the moment the Hafeez is the best player in Pakistan. With always on top since 2011
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Dec 09, 2014 08:05pm
Thanks God everybody Finally have realized about this useless pathetic player with no technique at all especially against fast bowlers he was struggling against Milne's pace what can you expect
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Dec 09, 2014 08:16pm
ICC - Job well done!
Let see if parchi can still bring him back but you never know!
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Dec 09, 2014 08:20pm
My question to (B)CCI ICC:
Which Pak bowler is the next to be banned?
Afridi?
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Dec 09, 2014 08:29pm
ICC chairman is a South African....Bcci is not behind everything that goes wrong with Pakistanis
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Dec 09, 2014 08:42pm
@Karan South African is CEO who works under Chairman who is Indian.
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Dec 09, 2014 08:51pm
Haris has taken the place of Hafeez. Time to replace Fawad Alam with Hafeez.
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Dec 09, 2014 08:52pm
I would have sued ICC for clearing Hafeez and Ajmal in earlier tests. Had they been banned then, both of them had enough time to work on the issue and correct the problem. Now that they are 34 and 37 of age, they can easily give it up.
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Dec 09, 2014 09:02pm
I dont know why some people blame bcci every time ?its icc who regulate rules and law for game called cricket...if his action is illegeal than he must play under d laws of gentelman game !!
Its not gully cricket
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Dec 09, 2014 09:08pm
PCB is good enough to "ban" its own players. When Fawad Alam and Z babar have proven time and time again that they are better then most players yet still sit on the bench while guys like Shaoib Malik, U Gul and K Akmal still make the team is mind boggling. sarfaz had to stand head over heels to finally get recognition. Thus, why blame ICC when PCB is doing a better job at self destruction? Soon NS will get involved and make Maryam I use Twitter Sharif the chairman.
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Dec 09, 2014 10:06pm
Hafeez is a good allrounder but not a good opener.
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Dec 10, 2014 02:12am
His over confidence and pcb's mismanagement has caused the damage. He shouldnt have played 3rd test and t20s. Instead he should have worked on his action before test date. He kept insisting that his action is ok and he is bowling like that for years. The test could have been delayed till 20 days and he could have passed if worked on action before that. Even now they are wasting time by playing him as batsmab which he isnt.
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Dec 10, 2014 03:47am
If the rules are applied fairly and to all, the crackdown on illegal action is okay. But what beats me is kids emulating Malinga's action!
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Dec 10, 2014 07:01am
Thanks to Chief selector Moin Khan and team management, who knew that Hafeez is a key bowler, we already lost the services from Ajmal and that ICC is targetting spinners (especially off-spinners) except R. Ashwin and R. Jadeja. Why did they thet took the risk of bowling him in a test match or any match before world cup? How is Malinga's action legal? Why no one is not reporting Ashwin or Jadeja. Everything is run by big three that's why there's no reported case againt them
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Dec 10, 2014 08:27am
I call it blessing in disguise for pakistan. But, being a nation which never learns, we will now start calling him a specialist batsman to justify his inclusion.
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Dec 10, 2014 08:39am
why no shoib maqsood , a capable player who can do big hitting and play long innings
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