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PCB pulls up 41 bowlers for chucking

November 15, 2006 16:32 IST

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Pakistan Cricket Board is facing another major problem, although at the domestic level, with 41 players being spotted with suspect bowling action.

Among those found to have illegal action, some had played in the last under-19 nationals, a report in national daily Dawn said.

Keeping in mind the future of the youngsters, the PCB was toying with the idea of imposing a four-week ban on them, the report said.

Suspect action has been a concern for the PCB with some of its leading bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Shabbir Ahmed and Shoaib Malik being reported at the international level.

The list of offenders: Saleem Haider (Okara), Shaharyar Hussain (Multan), Irfan Bashir (Khanewal), Zaheer Aslam (Kasur), Aqeel Ahmed (Faisalabad), Tariq Mahmood (Sialkot), Ahsan Sheikh (Muridke), Mujahid Ali (Lahore) Ahmed Nasim (Lahore), Nadeem Javed (Sheikhupura), Rizwan Ahmed, (Lahore), Asim Mumtaz (Rawalpindi), Asad Zahid (Rawalpindi), Mudassar Manzoor (Mirpur Khas), Munir Ansari (Rawalpindi), Noor-ul Ameen (Multan), Misbah Khan (Karachi), Mohammad Aslam (Quetta), Aftab Ahmed Khan (Karachi), Nauman Hussain (Karachi), Agha Shariq (Mirpur Khas), Irfan-ud-Din (Karachi), M Nadeem Khan (Faisalabad), Wasim Hussain, (Faisalabad), Asif Manzoor (Faisalabad), Amjad Hussain (Multan), Aftab Hussain (Multan), Kaleem Mazhar (Lahore), Iftikhar Ahmed (Islamabad), Ahmad Rizwan (Islamabad), Arshad Mahmood (Abbotabad), Najam-ul-Hasan (Attock), Qasim Maqsood (Rawalpindi), Adeel Beg (Rawalpindi), Rafiqullah (Rawalpindi), M Furrukh (Rawalpindi), Abdul Aziz (Rawalpindi),  Athar (Karachi), Shamir Khattak (Karachi), Talib Abbas (Hyderabad), Fayyaz Ahmed (Hyderabad).


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Sub: Good initiative

Well PCB deserves a pat on the back for this unprecedented move, players need to be made aware of problems in their actions at the ...


Posted by ashish





Sub: CHUCKING

Congrats to PCB to take a such BOLD & COUREGOUS action. I am a very avid Cricket lover & try to watch Cricket on Television ...


Posted by MAINUDDIN MAHMUD





Sub: What about Malinga...

After hearing the news that PCB pulls more that 40 players for chucking, I was bit surprise. Not because of the numbers but by the ...


Posted by Aditya Kulkarni




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