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Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan blasted the International Cricket Council (ICC) for its law covering suspected bowling action.

"It (rule) has lacunas. I just don't understand why it (ICC) does not simplifies the rule which constitutes chucking," the cricketer-turned- politician said.

Imran was not only unhappy with the chucking rule but also with the tampering law which was applied while suspending Waqar Younis and fining Azhar Mahmood eight months ago.

"In both the cases, no action was taken on the spot," he said.

Imran, with reference to Shoaib Akhtar's case, opined that the two New Zealand umpires should have called the bowler for throwing before reporting it to the match referee.

"To me it doesn't make sense. If the umpires thought he was throwing, they should not have allowed him to continue. How can the umpires allow a bowler to carry on when in their opinion he is throwing.

"Similarly, Waqar and Azhar were penalized by the match referee despite the fact that the umpires in the centre neither changed the ball nor reported the matter," he said.

He anticipated that the umpires were now too dependent on technology.

"The decision they can't take from the centre, they take with the assistance of television. It is bad for the sport if bowling actions of the bowlers are to be determined with the aid of television footages," he said.

© Dawn