Monday, August 22, 2016

Taskin to undergo reassessment test in Brisbane on September 8

Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny are set to undergo an action reassessment test in Brisbane, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Saturday (August 20). The Bangladesh bowlers were banned by the International Cricket Council during the World Twenty20 in India earlier this year for possessing bowling actions that flouted the permissible 15-degree flexion limit.

"This is a burden for me. Just like anyone else, I would also like to return to international cricket quickly. If the word 'banned' is removed from my life, it would be like every day is Eid day," Taskin said.

Taskin acknowledged he is a bit nervous ahead of the test. "I'm thinking about the test while eating and sleeping," he said. "I feel the same way as one would while hearing the date of the school final exams. You keep preparing, but when you hear the date, you get a little nervous. But I'm happy that a date has been fixed. I am preparing both mentally and physically through my skills.

"Experts at home are satisfied with my bowling action. I am also satisfied. But since it is a test, even one problem found in a delivery can be a major issue. I am training hard and the rest is up to god."

Jalal Yunus, the BCB director, was confident that the bowlers will be cleared ahead of England's tour of Bangladesh. "Taskin will give the test on the eighth of September in Brisbane. We are very positive about his case," he said.

"Arafat Sunny has been working with our head coach Chandika Hathurusingha and (Venkatapathy) Raju and they are both relatively satisfied with his action. He has to go through some more work. But overall the management feels that his action will be good enough by next month and that he too can go along with Taskin in the first week of next month."

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