Karachi: Pakistan's cricket chief Friday revealed that spinner Saeed Ajmal's arm extension was on average more than double the permitted limit during tests which led to the spinner's suspension from international cricket.

The 36-year-old was banned on Tuesday after failing tests in an Australian biomechanics lab ordered when umpires reported his bowling action during last month's Galle Test against Sri Lanka. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan told AFP that Ajmal's arm had vastly exceeded the permitted 15 degrees of straightening.