ICC suspends http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Shillingford-c89689 for chucking
The International Cricket Council has suspended the West Indian off-spinner, Shane Shillingford from bowling. The decision came after the ICC conducted independent tests to analyze Shane’s action in Perth and in doing so, his action
was found illegal. The ICC appoints a panel on human movements and the test for the suspect action will be conducted under the supervision of the panel’s specialist.
As per ICC rules, the bend of the bowling arm should not be more than 15 degrees, though after analyzing Shillingford’s action, the ICC found out that there was an additional bend of 17 degrees, which is two more than original
extension.
The off-break bowler can appeal against the suspension in the space of 14 days after receiving the suspension report, in which he has to lodge a written application to the ICC. On the other hand, he can also call for a re-assessment
of his action.
On the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, in the first Test match, the 27-year old was reported for illegal action. The ICC umpires Richard Kettleborough and Steve Davies were conducting the first Test in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and so the umpires
reported his dubious bowling action. Adding to Shane’s worries, off-field umpires Asad Rauf and Tyron Wijewardene also backed the decision of the on-field umpires. Nevertheless, he was allowed to play international cricket until the tests for extension were
conducted.
Furthermore, the ICC suggested that the West Indian player undergo an independent test within 21 days. Resultantly, if the spin bowler is found guilty, then he will be suspended for bowling in international cricket.
Earlier this year, the right-arm bowler made his debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at home. The West Indian player quenched the thirst of his team, who were looking for an off-spinner to add variety in their bowling attack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 found Shillingford, who was performing winningly in domestic cricket. As a result of his strong first-class record, he earned his maiden call to play Test cricket. Surprisingly, the off-spin bowler has only played five
Test matches before he had been ruled out by cricket’s governing body.
Shillingford, who played his last international match against Sri Lanka at Colombo, registered career best figures of 4/123 in an innings. In the match, he recorded decent figures of 5/202. However, West Indies did not select him
for the third Test.
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