http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 to focus on cricket – Cricket News Update
The former Pakistani off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has advised Saeed Ajmal to only concentrate on cricket rather than debating his bowling actions, as it could hamper his performance in the future matches.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the recently concluded Test series and whitewashed the number one ranked team of the world. Ajmal proved to be the difference between the two teams as he picked up 24 wickets in the series and was named as the Player
of the Series.
However, the English media failed to digest their team’s hammering off the hands of Pakistan and started questioning the bowling action of Ajmal. Pakistani off-spinner was trapped by a journalist after the conclusion of the third Test and in response to
a question he gave a controversial answer. His lack of expertise in the English language was responsible for the lost in translation answer that stirred up the controversy.
The legendary off-spinner, Saqlain, who is the inventor of the ‘Doosra’, has urged Ajmal to just focus on the game and not to worry about the irrelevant questions of the journalists. Saqlain is of the opinion that when the International Cricket Council (ICC)
has cleared Ajmal’s action, there is no point having a debate about it.
The former cricketer said that concentration is extremely important in international cricket and a player can easily lose focus by going into controversies.
Saqlain said, "Ajmal's bowling action has been cleared by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625. He must ignore discussions about his bowling action. A continuous discussion on it will affect his rhythm because he'll be thinking about it all the time. The players should only focus on
the game when giving statements, rather that going into technicalities."
On the other side of the coin, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Zaka Ashraf expressed that Ajmal fell into the trap of the English media and he should have been very careful before replying any questions.
"Ajmal was trapped by the journalist and because he hasn't got a command of English, he fell in the trap. This was a clever ploy following Pakistan's thumping whitewash in the Test series," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397.
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