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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sydney, Sep 16 (IANS) Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, widely acknowledged as the inventor of the &#39;doosra&#39;, has come out in defence of the controversial delivery and said that he try best to help his compatriot Saeed Ajmal rectify his faulty action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Ajmal, one of the finest spinners in World cricket, has been banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after independent tests in Brisbane. Ajmal, who had also mastered the &#39;doosra&#39;, was reported by match officials after the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle last month and was then sent for biomechanic tests to Brisbane.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The legitimacy of the doosra has come under scrutiny with Ajmal&#39;s ban and the Pakistan Criket Board (PCB) has hired the services of Saqlain to help out Ajmal and get him ready for the 2015 World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Saqlain, who took 208 Test and 288 one-day wickets, wondered why critics are calling &#39;doosra&#39; illegal and said that the delivery can be bowled within allowed rules.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;Who says doosra is illegal?. It can easily be delivered within the allowed rules. It is not an easy delivery to bowl but if a bowler becomes expert he doesn&#39;t transgress limits,&quot; Saqlain was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;You need to have strong muscles to bowl a doosra, then fitness matters, also grip, rhythm and follow through. If just one of these things is missing then you get out of limits.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The controversial delivery &#39;doosra&#39;, which means &#39;the second one&#39;, turns from legside to offside for a right hand batsmen and is difficult to play for a batsman.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Saqlain will arrive in Lahore next week to start remedial work on Ajmal&#39;s action. saqlain said he hoped to alter Ajmal&#39;s action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;I am quite hopeful of helping him. I am not making any guarantees but will see his reports and footage and then try my best,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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