I wish to applaud Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for taking a brilliant step towards establishing a biomechanics facility in the country by forming a partnership with Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and giving them $460,000 worth of equipment for three years.
We all know Pakistan have had severe issues with suspect bowling actions in the recent past.
Let us note that Saeed Ajmal has become a diminished force after he rectified an illegal action, and Mohammad Hafeez is presently serving a one-year suspension before he can have his action retested.
The purpose of project would be a move in the right direction towards preventing such problems, but a drawback is that LUMS – like most other institutes in Pakistan – has no experience in sports sciences and biomechanics studies. The PCB and the university are hoping to break new ground in the country.
According to a report the equipment has been unused for the last eight years and giving it to LUMS is for the sole purpose of making it functional rather than leaving it to become obsolete and news further disclosed that there is no agreement but a memorandum of understanding, which was vetted by PCB and LUMS’ lawyers.
I appreciate the decision of PCB for establishing such a brilliant project which surely will give chance to Pakistani players to improve their blowing action other all side and we hope that PCB will maintain it’s hard work to put Pakistani sport on top.
Bakhtiyar Baloch
Turbat
