By K.R. Nayar, Staff Reporter Bangalore : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is keen to put an end to the problem of their bowlers' being reported for chucking.
According to information, the PCB will ensure that bowlers with suspect action will be corrected at the domestic cricket level itself. Saleem Altaf, the Director Cricket Operations and Asad Mustafa, the PCB's logistics manager is looking into the matter. Both are here as manager and assistant manager of the team.
The PCB has approached a software company in England to help them detect the defects in a bowler's action. This software will first be installed at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore and will then be distributed to all the nine cricket regions in Pakistan.
Quintic software, as it is called, can spot even the slightest defect in a bowler's action, while it can also be used to find out whether the bending of the arm exceeds 15 degrees.
A meeting of the PCB's regional managers is also being organised to instruct them on the use of this software.
Shaharyar Khan, the chairman of the PCB is taking a keen interest to ensure the smooth operation of this software. It is understood that Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, who is the first coach to seek the help of technology in coaching cricketers, is behind the initiative to get this software.
Plans are on to take video shots of school matches so as to spot action defects in even budding cricketers.
A panel is also being formed with former cricketers like Iqbal Qasim and Jalaluddin to study the results of the software programme.
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