Pakistan's Mohammad Hasnain undergoes bowling test after suspension over illegal action

Pakistan‘s young sensation Mohammad Hasnain has undergone an official bowling test. The 22-year-old was suspended from bowling in international cricket three months ago as he exceeded the 15-degree tolerance limit for a legal bowling action a number of times. He played the first three games for the PSL franchise Quetta Gladiators but was benched for the remaining part of the tournament with the troubles over his action.

Hasnain made his international debut in 2019 and has taken 29 wickets so far in 26 international games. He has the ability to bowl at some serious pace. The pacer was first reported in January for illegal action during his stint for the Syndey Thunder in the Big Bash League. However, in the last few weeks, PCB had been working with him in the High-Performance Centre closely to revive his international career after an early setback.

Hasnain’s landing was wild while trying to bowl quick: Sources

As per the sources, the coaches have found Hasnain’s arm rotation to be inconsistent while trying to swing the ball, and they observed issues in his landing as well. The source added that the new bowling action has been tweaked a little bit in terms of his wrist, arm rotation and landing which has allowed him to get consistency in his action.

“The coaches figured out that Hasnain had been rotating his arm inconsistently to make the ball swing, causing a jerk. To bowl quicker deliveries, his landing was wild, making his alignment go out. The structure of his new bowling action remains the same though his wrist, arm rotation and landing has been tweaked allowing him to bowl with consistent and repeatable action,” an ESPNcricinfo report stated.

Mohammad Hasnain was optimistic about getting his action cleared after the changes, and the official outcome of the test, which is expected to be compiled in two weeks, will be brought to the notice of the ICC.