Illegal Bowling Action Commission Meeting

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Illegal Bowling Action Commission was convened by its Chairman Fakir Aizaz-ud-Din. The following decisions were taken by the Commission with the consensus of the Chairman, PCB:

a) PCB plans, in the long-term, to establish a Y-Con biomechanics laboratory for the remedy of illegal bowling actions. The lab is proposed to be set up at the National Cricket Academy at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Such a laboratory will be the fifth centre of its kind in the world.

b) For the short-term, PCB has decided to install Quintic 9.03, a biomechanical analysis software. Biomechanical scientist Dr Paul Hurrion is scheduled to visit Pakistan during the third week of April, 2005 to install the Quintic software and conduct a two-day seminar aiming to instruct and guide the Illegal Bowling Action Commission and its sub-committees.

Moreover, Chairman, PCB has decided to co-opt former captain Fazal Mahmood as bowling advisor to the Illegal Bowling Action Commission.

Chairman, PCB has also appointed the following as domestic bowling advisors:

1. Aaqib Javed
2. Farrukh Zaman
3. Iqbal Sikander
4. Khizar Hayat
5. Dr Sohail Saleem

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(Article: Copyright © 2005 Pakistan Cricket Board)