Thursday 25 September 2014 14:26, UK
The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended 16 domestic bowlers with suspect actions.
The major crackdown follows the ban given to spinner Saeed Ajmal earlier this month after he was found to straighten his elbow up to 43 degrees, well above the prescribed limit of 15.
The PCB is hoping to avoid further international embarrassment with the suspensions and the bowlers will undergo remedial work in order to correct their actions.
"We have 29 bowlers reported for suspect bowling actions in the current home cricket season and half of them were reported twice, so we have banned around 16 from domestic matches," said director of domestic cricket Inthikab Alam, a former Pakistan captain and leg-spinner.
"All these bowlers will not be allowed to play in domestic matches and will go to the national cricket academy to get their actions altered.
The PCB revived its biomechanics laboratory in Lahore earlier this month after it was left idle for seven years over allegations of financial irregularities in buying its machinery.
Ajmal was the seventh Pakistan bowler reported for a suspect action in international matches, joining Shahid Afridi, Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Hafeez, Riaz Afridi, Shoaib Malik and Shoaib Akhtar.
Even the two spinners called up to replace Ajmal while he undergoes remedial work - Atif Maqbool and Adnan Rasool - have been reported.
Under the ICC rules bowlers are permitted to straighten their bowling arm up to 15 degrees, which has been established as the point at which any straightening will become visible to the naked eye.
