Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez will not be allowed to bowl in the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Hafeez is serving a 12-month bowling ban and cannot apply for a reassessment of his action until his suspension ends. Hafeez's ban only ruled him out of turning his arm over in international cricket, but the Pakistan Super League decided that he will also be prevented from bowling for ‘Peshawar Zalmi’ in that competition, which starts on Thursday.
“The rules we are following are from the highest standard and we decided to stick with the ICC’s ruling against any player,” the PSL management told ESPNcricinfo. “We understand that Mohammad Hafeez is presently banned and we will endorse the ICC’s decision and carry it in the league.
“On the draft day before the players were picked, we were intimated that Hafeez was named as a batsman only as his bowling action was banned by the ICC. We are sticking with that. The team who picked him agreed beforehand, they were taking him only as a batsman. The rules were already cleared before the final pick, and it was mutually agreed,” ESPNcricinfo reported.
After his action was reported following the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in June. The tests revealed that his action exceeded the permitted 15-degree limit. He had earlier been reported for a suspect action after the Abu Dhabi Test against New Zealand in November 2014.
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