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Banned Ajmal vows to return
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TOP-RANKED Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was suspended indefinitely from international cricket for an illegal bowling action yesterday but vowed to return in time for next year’s World Cup.
The world’s leading one-day international bowler blamed the International Cricket Council ruling on his “not usual” right elbow and said he would appeal.
Ajmal, speaking in his home city of Faisalabad shortly after the announcement, shrugged off the ICC announcement as “not an issue”. But the ban could cause serious problems for Pakistan, firstly in its upcoming series with Australia and also at the World Cup, which it won in 1992.
It comes as part of an ICC crackdown on illegal bowling actions — where the arm is bent more than 15 degrees — in international cricket.
“My elbow is not usual, so that’s why it seems that I bend it more than the normal 15 degree allowed,” said Ajmal, who was cleared on medical grounds when his action was first reported in 2009.
“We will go into appeal soon... I will be in action in the World Cup next year, that’s my resolve,” he added.
The ICC said Ajmal, 36, had been suspended with immediate effect following tests at Australia’s National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.
Ajmal is Pakistan’s key bowler, with 178 wickets in 35 Tests and 183 in 111 ODIs. He is also the leading wicket-taker in all Twenty20 matches with 85 in 63 matches. He is ranked number one in ODIs.
He will now undergo remedial work on his bowling action at Perth’s University of Western Australia, where human movement expert Daryl Foster will work on his action.
Ajmal is the seventh Pakistani to be cited for a suspect action, joining Shabbir Ahmed, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Riaz Afridi and Shoaib Malik.
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