Pakistan's off-spinner Saeed Ajmal failed to provide satisfactory results in an informal biomechanic test in light of his bowling ban, which has reportedly prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board to go on the back-foot to apply for his reassessment.
The PCB has asked the banned spinner to play domestic matches to check if he's improved on his action instead of hastily applying for the reassessment of his bowling action by the ICC to clear him before sending the names of World Cup probable’s on January 7.
A few days back, the PCB wrote to the ICC, seeking permission to send Ajmal for another bio-mechanic test at an ICC-accredited laboratory, but cricket's world governing body wrote back to the PCB, asking it to decide the date for reassessment itself instead, The Dawn reported.
The PCB's decision to ask Ajmal to play some matches in the ongoing domestic Quaid-i-Azam Trophy was prompted after an informal biomechanic test was conducted but the 36-year-old's results weren't up to the mark.
Bowling under match conditions would be ideal to check Ajmal's progress, whose arm bends at 35-40 degrees, much higher than ICC's allowed limit of 15 degrees, the report added.
Ajmal, 36, who has been Pakistan's leading bowler in all formats of the game for the last few years was first reported by match officials during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in August.
He then failed to pass a formal test conducted by the ICC in Brisbane last month and was subsequently suspended from bowling in international cricket.
Since then he has been working hard under the supervision of Saqlain known as the pioneer of the 'doosra' delivery at the NCA to correct his bowling action.
The PCB hired Saqlain to work on Ajmal's bowling action after it was revealed that he had exceeded the 15 degrees extension allowed by the ICC for bowlers to straighten their arm in the biomechanic tests in Brisbane.
