West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels handed 12-month bowling ban
Monday 14 December 2015 07:23, UK
Marlon Samuels has been handed a 12-month suspension from bowing in international cricket for an illegal action.
The West Indies all-rounder was banned following an independent assessment of his bowling action at the ICC's accredited testing centre in Brisbane earlier this month.
Samuels was assessed after the legality of his bowling action came under question by the match officials during West Indies' first Test defeat against Sri Lanka in Galle in October.
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The 34-year-old was reported by the match officials and the subsequent independent assessment revealed his elbow extension exceeded 15 degrees while bowling and, thus, he employed an illegal bowling action.
He was banned from bowling for nearly four years from 2008 over concerns with his action but was allowed to resume in 2011 after remedial work.
However, he was reported again in 2013 and suspended from bowling his faster deliveries but had been allowed to continue with his standard off-break.
"As this report constitutes the player's second suspension within a two-year period, he is now automatically suspended from bowling in international cricket for a 12-month period," said the ICC in a statement.
Samuels is entitled to appeal any procedural aspect of the independent assessment but can only approach the ICC for a re-assessment of his bowling action after serving his one-year ban.
