Ajmal included in Pakistan A squad " Making his comeback "

"Saeed Ajmal drafted into Pakistan A side"

Saeed Ajmal has been named in the Pakistan A squad for their remaining two home games against Kenya in Lahore. Ajmal had been banned from bowling in international matches by the ICC due to an illegal action, but since the Kenya games do not hold international status, he is allowed to feature in them, as well as in any form of domestic cricket.

National selectors have included Saeed Ajmal in the Pakistan A squad for the final two limited-overs fixtures against Kenya. The suspended off-spinner, who has remodelled his bowling action, will be making a return to competitive cricket for the first time since the International Cricket Council (ICC) declared his action illegal in September.

After spending nearly three months remodeling his action in Lahore and England, the 37-year old will finally get an opportunity of testing it out in a competitive match.

Ajmal was coached by former Test off-spinner, the inventor of ‘doosra’ Saqlain Mushtaq, first at Lahore’s National Cricket Academy and later in England.

Recently, Ajmal had pushed for retesting of his action but the Pakistan Cricket Board decided to test him out in domestic matches before seeking an appointment with the ICC.

According to the ICC ruling, Ajmal is banned from bowling at the international level but can do so in domestic cricket in Pakistan.

The selectors also made several other changes to the squad with Mukhtar Ahmad, Umer Siddique, Zafar Gohar, Ahmad Jamal, Ziaul Haq, Mir Hamza and Zohaib Ahmed replacing Sharjeel Khan, Sami Aslam, Anwar Ali, Ehsan Adil, Mohammad Talha and Imran Khan.

Anwar was included in the national team taking on New Zealand in the ongoing ODI series after Bilawal Bhatti withdrew due to a hand injury.