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NEWS India-Pakistan Series 2006>Shoaib not being reported because of politics: Holding 09th Apr 2006 10.00 IST By Agencies Bowling legend Michael Holding has said that politics is preventing subcontinental bowlers from being reported for suspected illegal bowling actions. He said he compared Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar with Indian pacer Rudra Pratap Singh at the end of the final Test at Karachi during the recent series between the archrivals to show that both have hyperextension.
... Politics is preventing people from doing what they should,'' Holding told a cricket magazine on Saturday. A member of the ICC expert committee that helped develop the 15 degree levels of tolerance now used for international bowlers, Holding said the way to tackle the problem of illegal actions was ''to get people in authority who have the backbone to do what is right and not what is politically expedient.'' ''Once you see something with the naked eye, you should be reporting it and having it assessed and measured properly. The difficulty is in the politics surrounding it with people afraid to report certain players,'' the West Indian said. Holding said the ability of umpires to interpret potentially flawed actions was further complicated by issues like hyper- extension and adduction, which can effectively create optical illusions. He said measuring a bowler's flex under laboratory conditions needed to be implemented using the correct procedure. ''When you see something that looks awkward to you, you can go to the TV booth or the production company van and then look at the slow-motion replays to make sure it's seemingly a chuck. Then you can send the guy to the lab to be measured. If it's a fast bowler, they'll know what the speed he was bowling in the game. He has to be bowling at 90 to 95 per cent of that speed in the laboratory, otherwise they'll know he's holding back.'' ''If he goes into the lab and does not do what he does in the game, it is upto the people testing him to report to the ICC that they are not satisfied. That's written in the laws,'' he said. Also View In-Depth Coverage: India-Pakistan Series 2006 Team Page: India Team Page: Pakistan | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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