Pak NCA's biomechanics lab to be operational soon

Pakistan's former Test captain and now NCA Director Intikhab Alam said the Governing Board had given approval for the project which once operational, would make Pakistan the first Asian cricket playing nation to have a full fledged biomechanics lab.

"The biomechanics laboratory will be made functional very soon since it is clear that in modern day cricket the use of technology and latest equipment is now becoming a necessity," Alam said.

The PCB, during the tenure of Dr Nasim Ashraf as President, had in 2008 purchased the costly equipment for the biomechanics lab at a cost of around Rs 45 million.

But once the equipment was imported it was not used for various reasons. Sources said one reason was that no Board head was willing to give approval for maintenance costs and funds to hire qualified professionals to run the biomechanics lab.

A former Board official, who was in office when the equipment was brought to Lahore, admitted costly equipment had been badly neglected.

"It is a good thing that finally someone in the board has realised the importance of using this very modern equipment and in Pakistan cricket we have regular issues with bowling actions of bowlers and need this equipment to correct their actions at an early stage," the former official said. MORE