Pakistan's young left-arm spinner, Reza Hasan hasmade a satisfactory recovery from a back injury that needed to be operatedupon.
Hasan, 20, who has played seven T20 internationals, was outof the action for nearly five months after the last ICC T20 World Cup due toback injury-related disorders in his spine.
The youngster was asked to appear before a medical boardinquiry by the Pakistan Cricket Board today after he played for SialkotStallions in the ongoing national Super Eights T20 championship without waitingfor final clearance from the doctors.
"Hasan appeared before the medical board and alsounderwent a full fitness test before he was given a clear certificate by thespecialists and he has now been allowed to continue playing in the super eightsevent," a board source said.
The source said the medical board expressed concern over hisgoing straight into the tournament without first confirming about hisrehabilitation period
"He is a promising young bowler and the board had spenta lot of money on helping him recover from the career threatening injury sonaturally they want to be sure about his return to full fitness," thesource said.
Hasan is considered a T20 specialist bowler and theselectors feel he has the potential to replace veteran Abdul Rehman in thenational team in other formats of the game.