Well almost timely. Although his inclusion to play against india did not bother him too much and did a fine job of the provided chance. He did manage to bowl few overs and no flags went up.
Now its a step towards ICC approval due shortly,
Source : News - May 09, 2005
Specialists clear Shoaib Malik’s bowling action
By our correspondent
KARACHI: Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik’s off-break delivery has been cleared by bio-mechanic and bio-kinetic specialists in Cape Town after a fresh test conducted on his bowling action last month at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Monday that the reports received from the institute had shown that Malik’s elbow angle extension while bowling was the off-break was well below the level of tolerance allowed by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
“The latest tests conducted on 28 April have shown that Malik bowls his off-break at match pace of 72.1 kilometres per hour with his elbow angle extension a maximum of 13 degrees and minimum of six degrees which is well within the ICC tolerance level of 15 degrees,” the official said. “The tests were conducted under the supervision of Professor Tim Knokes who is a human movement science expert and they were other experts of biomechanics, bio-kinetics and sports analyst on his team,” he added. “The tests were conducted in match conditions with Malik’s ‘doosra’ delivery also tested and it also came within the ICC limit of 15 degrees that bowlers can extend their elbows or straighten their arms while bowling.”
However sources in the Board said there was some inconsistency noted in Malik’s elbow angle extension while bowling the ‘doosra’ but it was also not a serious violation of the ICC tolerance level for bowlers.
The PCB has obtained a fresh report on Malik’s bowling action after he resumed bowling in the one-day series against India last month. The 23-year-old Malik was reported for a suspect bowling action during a one-day triangular series final in Lahore last October by umpires Aleem Dar and Simon Taufel and match referee Chris Broad.
After that report Malik twice underwent tests at the University of Western Australia in Perth to correct his action and the Board stopped him from bowling until on the recent tour of India where Inzamam and Woolmer decided to go ahead and get him to bowl in the last four One-day Internationals which Pakistan won.
“After Malik resumed bowling in the one-day series in India, the Pakistan captain and coach were keen to know how much he is straightening his elbow while bowling his normal off spin delivery and how much he straightens his elbow while bowling the ‘doosra’,” the official confirmed.
Asked about the PCB plans to have Malik undergo surgery to correct a deformity in his elbow and arm which causes him problems while bowling, the official said he had also been examined by a specialist for this in Cape Town but a fresh surgery to correct the problem would only be carried out after the tour of the West Indies in June.
Malik was involved in two road accidents two years ago in which he fractured his elbow and damaged tissues in his bowling arm.
Malik, who was recently banned for one Test and fined 75% of his match fees for two One-day Internationals by the PCB for misconduct during the Twenty20 Cup in Lahore, has taken eight Test and 99 one-day wickets.
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