LAHORE (AFP): Pakistan Cricket Team off-spinner Bilal Asif’s bowling action has been cleared after the test in Chennai. The clearance report now allows the bowler to represent the national side in the One-Day International (ODI) series against England in United Arab Emirates (UAE), reported Sial News.
Bilal Asif first impressed everyone with his brilliant bowling against Zimbabwe and then passed the bio-mechanic test as well.
International Cricket Council (ICC) has cleared Bilal Asif and now he will be able to represent Pakistan against England in the ODI series.
According to sources, 8 deliveries by Bilal Asif were tested in the Chennai bio-mechanic lab. All these deliveries were found out to be legal, after which his action was cleared by the ICC.
The bowling action of the 30-year-old spinner was reported as suspect during the third one-day international against Zimbabwe at Harare on October 3.
He underwent a biomechanical test of his action in Chennai, India on October 19.
“At the assessment (in Chennai), it was revealed that the amount of elbow extension in all of Asif s deliveries was well within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC regulations,” said an ICC release.
The news comes as a relief for the newcomer as his career was in danger of being derailed by questions over his action.
Asif only burst onto the international scene in June this year when he was selected in Pakistan s Twenty20 squad for the tour of Sri Lanka.
But he only made his international debut on the tour of Zimbabwe, claiming 5-25 in only his second game during which on-field and television umpires as well as the match referee reported his action.
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