Saeed Ajmal to Retire

[Gnske]

Ajmal to retire from all formats - ESPNcricinfo

Saeed Ajmal will bring to an end one of the most illustrious modern Pakistan careers at the end of this month, once the National T20 Cup - the other Pakistan domestic T20 tournament - ends.

What an absolute tragedy, I've never seen a man throw away such a promising career like this.

 

[kingkallis]

I am sure he has his own reasons for that.

 

[Athlai]

Why would he chuck away his career like this?

 

[fredfertang]

Because he's a jerk?

 

[Athlai]

Because he's a jerk?

I guess it is something of a jerky action

 

[MW1304]

A shame he could never get things straightened out.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The best version of that hairstyle after Shoaib Akther

 

[smash84]

i wish him the best for the future.

He did chuck away the competition while he was at it.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

He played 113 ODIs, picking up 184 wickets at an average of 22.72 with a strike rate of 32.6.

In T20Is, 85 wickets in 64 matches.


That's something.

 

[oblongballs]

A little troubled to see so called cricket fans being such hypocrites. Is it because he did not belong to their national side or is of the wrong tone?

I did not see this kind of talk about Warne ever even after being a confirmed drug cheat and even after CA tried to hide away with his bookie dealings.

Bottom line is, Ajmal was cleared with an action due to his medical condition, that medical exemption was revoked with the rule change (if it had happened a generation earlier, Murali and Akhtar would have had very short careers). While he bowled, and did so within the rules, he was the best offy around and the 3rd best ever imho after Murali and Saq.

To degrade him is to make a mockery of yourselves as "fans" and to be ignorant of the facts.

 

[mr_mister]

184 ODI run outs @ 22


You can't dispute those stats

 

[Shri]

A little troubled to see so called cricket fans being such hypocrites. Is it because he did not belong to their national side or is of the wrong tone?

I did not see this kind of talk about Warne ever even after being a confirmed drug cheat and even after CA tried to hide away with his bookie dealings.

Bottom line is, Ajmal was cleared with an action due to his medical condition, that medical exemption was revoked with the rule change (if it had happened a generation earlier, Murali and Akhtar would have had very short careers). While he bowled, and did so within the rules, he was the best offy around and the 3rd best ever imho after Murali and Saq.

To degrade him is to make a mockery of yourselves as "fans" and to be ignorant of the facts.

You make it sound like we are all throwing around unfounded accusations.

 

[MW1304]

A little troubled to see so called cricket fans being such hypocrites. Is it because he did not belong to their national side or is of the wrong tone?

I did not see this kind of talk about Warne ever even after being a confirmed drug cheat and even after CA tried to hide away with his bookie dealings.

Bottom line is, Ajmal was cleared with an action due to his medical condition, that medical exemption was revoked with the rule change (if it had happened a generation earlier, Murali and Akhtar would have had very short careers). While he bowled, and did so within the rules, he was the best offy around and the 3rd best ever imho after Murali and Saq.

To degrade him is to make a mockery of yourselves as "fans" and to be ignorant of the facts.

Jeez, don't get all bent out of shape.

 

[Starfighter]

I like how Ajmal's medical condition meant that he had his elbow markedly bent as his arm was coming over and almost straight at the point of delivery.

The tests which cleared him were done in 2009 and it's not inconceivable that his action deteriorated since then. When he was finally banned he was found to be extending an average of about 40°. That's not even close to the legal threshold. I dread to think what the maximum was.

I wonder who was worse: him or Tony Lock?

 

[Gnske]

I like how Ajmal's medical condition meant that he had his elbow markedly bent as his arm was coming over and almost straight at the point of delivery.

The tests which cleared him were done in 2009 and it's not inconceivable that his action deteriorated since then. When he was finally banned he was found to be extending an average of about 40°. That's not even close to the legal threshold. I dread to think what the maximum was.

I wonder who was worse: him or Tony Lock?

That POS Murali, hard arse that he was. A fella who would bend before he broke.

 

[cnerd123]

This thread exceeds the limits of what I've come to expect from CW. Sure we all love clever wordplay, but is this the only angle we want to approach this news from? Surely we aren't going to just chuck away everything Ajmal has accomplished in his career simply because by the end his action became a bit ragged. The man has earned a degree of respect. He was a vital cog in one of the strongest Pakistan side's we've seen, and a throwback to an older era by being a professional, mild mannered, humble yet exceptionally talented cricketer.

To simply reduce his career to a mere sequence of puns is disappointing and you should all be ashamed. Bunch of tossers.

 

[TheJediBrah]

A little troubled to see so called cricket fans being such hypocrites. Is it because he did not belong to their national side or is of the wrong tone?

I did not see this kind of talk about Warne ever even after being a confirmed drug cheat and even after CA tried to hide away with his bookie dealings.

Bottom line is, Ajmal was cleared with an action due to his medical condition, that medical exemption was revoked with the rule change (if it had happened a generation earlier, Murali and Akhtar would have had very short careers). While he bowled, and did so within the rules, he was the best offy around and the 3rd best ever imho after Murali and Saq.

To degrade him is to make a mockery of yourselves as "fans" and to be ignorant of the facts.

Can't tell if this post is serious or not

 

[Daemon]

his record should be erased completely, with the exception of that series where he rekt England

 

[vcs]

Shame he was elbowed out of the game by the rule changes, and never managed to straighten things out.

 

[Gnske]

This thread exceeds the limits of what I've come to expect from CW. Sure we all love clever wordplay, but is this the only angle we want to approach this news from? Surely we aren't going to just chuck away everything Ajmal has accomplished in his career simply because by the end his action became a bit ragged. The man has earned a degree of respect. He was a vital cog in one of the strongest Pakistan side's we've seen, and a throwback to an older era by being a professional, mild mannered, humble yet exceptionally talented cricketer.

To simply reduce his career to a mere sequence of puns is disappointing and you should all be ashamed. Bunch of tossers.

It's sickening, it's not funny to mock a man who has accomplished so much.