LAHORE: Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan allrounder, has been cleared to bowl in international cricket. His reworked action was found to be legal by results of a retest conducted in an ICC-accredited facility in Chennai on April 9.
Hafeez was suspended from bowling in December last year after he was called during the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi. He had missed his first official assessment owing to a calf injury, which had also ruled him out of the World Cup. But the PCB had requested the ICC for a retest on Hafeez’s action, along with Pakistan women’s allrounder Javeria Khan.
“At the retests, it was revealed that the amount of elbow extensions in both the offspinners’ bowling actions for all their deliveries bowled were within the 15-degree level of tolerance,” an ICC media release said.
The off-spinner, who has taken more than 200 international wickets across the 3 formats, is now clear to bowl at international level. He is presently in Bangladesh and would be seen in action in the third one day international being played on Wednesday. Pakistan is in desperate need of a world class all rounder to serve as fifth bowler.
Pakistani women cricket team player Javeria Wadood has also cleared her bowling action in Chennai.
The right arm off-break bowler appeared alongside Hafeez in Chennai to clear her bowling action.
International Cricket Council (ICC) has notified Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about the bowlers current status.
INP