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Pakistan pacer Mohammad Hasnain cleared to bowl in International Cricket

Pakistan's young pacer Mohammad Hasnain has been cleared to bowl in international cricket once again after he rectified his bowling action, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed on Thursday (June 09).


Hasnain's bowling action has been given a green signal as the amount of his elbow extension was dropped within the limit of 15 degrees from 17-24 degrees. His bowling action was declared illegal on January 4 during the Big Bash League (BBL). 


Later, it was confirmed that the Pakistan pacer's action had breached the 'ICC's 15-degree limit for elbow extension' as his elbow extension for his good length delivery, full-length delivery, slow bouncer, and bouncer surpassed the allowable limits.


"As such, he can now resume bowling in international cricket and all domestic cricket worldwide," the PCB statement read.


Earlier, the PCB assigned its high-performance coach, Umar Rasheed, to work with the young pacer at Lahore's High-Performance Centre to help him amend his bowling action. The right-arm speedster had bowled over 5000 balls and practised shadow bowling to work on his faulty action. 


However, the pacer's new bowling action remains the same with his wrist, arm rotation and landing being tweaked, allowing him to avoid a jerk and bowl with consistent and repeatable action. 


Hasnain, who had to opt-out of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in January after playing a few matches due to faulty bowling action, hasn't played competitive cricket since the suspension. 


The pacer has featured in 8 One Day International (ODIs) and 18 T20 International (T20Is) for Pakistan and has scalped 12 and 17 wickets, respectively.


Hasnain also has a T20I hat-trick to his name. Earlier, he was slotted into the Sydney Thunder squad as a replacement for English fast bowler Saqib Mahmood and lived up to the expectations as he took three wickets while conceding only 20 runs on his BBL debut. 


Rasheed, who has helped the 22-year old to remodel his bowling action at Lahore's High-Performance Centre, is pretty sure about Hasnain's comeback in international cricket.


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