Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has promised that the country's cricket governing body is considering all its options to revoke the indefinite suspension on ace ace-spinner Saeed Ajmal by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The ICC declared the bowling action illegal on Tuesday following tests by specialists at an ICC-accredited lab in Brisbane on Aug 25. And Shahryar revealed later on Tuesday that the PCB was considering its next move.
Shahryar said that the PCB has referred the matter to its recently-formed illegal bowling action committee, which will consider the matter and revert with their views and-or recommendations and the Board shall thereafter decide what action to take, The Dawn reported.
The committee consists of former Test bowlers Mohammad Akram and Mushtaq Ahmed, ICC award-winning umpire Aleem Dar, Ali Zia and Dr. Sohail Saleem. Another umpire Ahsan Raza would substitute Aleem if he is away on ICC duty.
Shahryar said that there were at least 35 bowlers, mostly off-spinners, in Pakistan's domestic cricket whose bowling actions were suspected. He added that they have have decided to make a committee to assess bowling actions of all these suspect bowlers so that this problem is sorted out once and for all.
Shahryar also said that the PCB is contemplating its future course of action, weighing all options, adding that the board had 14 days to appeal.
