Former Pakistan Cricket Board chief Zaka Ashraf has claimed that he had warned the board against sending banned off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez to Chennai for the biomechanics test because he feels that India and England both have no positive attitude towards Pakistan cricket.
Ashraf claims that he still believes both Saeed Ajmal and Hafeez's bowling actions are legal because they have cleared the test in the past.
And the Ex-PCB chief claimed that the current scenario on Ajmal and Hafeez's bowling action is all a drama hatched by India and England to attack Pakistan's best spin-bowling department ahead of the World Cup, The Dawn reported.
Ashraf had advised the PCB to send Hafeez for test on his bowling action to an Australian lab, doubting that India would not clear him.
However, the PCB overlooked the call and sent Hafeez to Chennai from where the report has been received, declaring the action as illegal.
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