Saeed Ajmal reported for chucking

[Xuhaib]

best thing about Saeed is he comes across as a very likeable lad.

 

[Blaze 18]

best thing about Saeed is he comes across as a very likeable lad.

I agree. I've seen a few of his interviews and he mostly comes across as a down-to-earth and likeable dude. My favourite is the one where he describes an incident with Kevin Pietersen. Hilarious!

 

[Uppercut]

Dunno about "down to earth", but he's definitely likeable

 

[Top_Cat]

Geez, throw the man a bone, would ya?

 

[vcs]

It's more or less impossible to describe the disappointment I now feel having clicked on this thread.

There you go.

 

[Borges]

Wasn't this Holding a member of the ICC panel which recommended that up to 15 degrees of elbow flex be allowed? Hasn't Ajmal's action been found to be within that limit in independent laboratory tests? So what is this Holding going on and on about it now? If he really feels that way, he should have had the balls to speak up when he was on that panel.

 

[smalishah84]

was holding sleeping when he was in the panel?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Whether one agrees with Holding's views or not, he is one of the few men of genuine principle in cricket governance.

He resigned from the ICC on a point of principle (from memory it was the decision to reverse the Oval forfeit, a decision subsequently re-reversed) and not many (in fact altogether too few) commitee members do that.

I'm not sure it's impossible for any offie to deliver a doosra without chucking it, but I'm 100% convinced Ajmal doesn't. His standard off break looks mildly sus, but his doosra is rank. That he hasn't been reported again is, frankly, baffling.

 

[smalishah84]

He resigned from the ICC on a point of principle (from memory it was the decision to reverse the Oval forfeit, a decision subsequently re-reversed) and not many (in fact altogether too few) commitee members do that.
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Does the Oval match count as a forfeiture according to the ICC???? What is the latest decision on that match???

 

[Neil Pickup]

Does the Oval match count as a forfeiture according to the ICC???? What is the latest decision on that match???

It's now back as an England win, thankfully.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Shabbir Ahmad should sue the ICC for letting a chucker like Ajmal play.