Taskin Ahmed’s action can be remedied: Heath Streak

Bangladesh bowling coach Heath Streak has come out saying that there is indeed a remedy to the current yet illegal action of Taskin Ahmed. Taskin and Arafat Sunny were handed bans following Bangladesh’s World T20 encounter against the Netherlands. The Bangladesh duo began working on their actions on Monday for the first time since their unfortunate suspension.

Ahmed and Sunny are also expected to feature in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, an ODI tournament hosted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Heath Streak, who will be away from the 1st of April to take up his position as bowling coach for the Gujarat Lions, has informed the BCB to monitor the progress of the duo.

“We don’t have time pressure, so I think it will take him one month to six weeks to get him to the [re-assessment] test,” Streak said. “We just need to be 100% confident before we send the request for a re-assessment. I don’t think it is a major problem for him to pass the test. He will be playing DPL [Dhaka Premier League], so, hopefully, he will be comfortable with the modifications that I have asked him to do. Then, when we are happy with everything, he can go.”

Streak also went on to express surprise when the 20-year old was banned. While stating that all of his deliveries were within the legal limit, Taskin had a slower bouncer which had a problem. Given the minuscule nature of the problem, the Zimbabwean said that he was confident that Taskin Ahmed would return to his best soon.

“His action never really changed when I first started working with him. We never had any reason to suspect, so even I was surprised. All his fast deliveries were within the legal limit. His slower bouncer was the problem, which could be because of fatigue. I don’t think it is a big problem to fix his action. It won’t take too long. I am confident he will be back into cricket.

In conclusion, Streak mentioned that they were trying to get Taskin to extend his arm quicker in the release. “When it comes to his action… we are trying to get him to extend his arm a bit quicker, so that when he gets to the horizontal at the back, it is 100% straight. The 15-degree legal limit is a very small margin. He bowled something like 40 deliveries and three bouncers were illegal. It can be remedied very quickly.” He said.

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