DUBAI: West Indies’ off-spinners Marlon Samuels and Shane Shillingford have been reported with suspected illegal bowling actions during the second Test against India, which ended in Mumbai on Saturday.
Samuels and Shillingford were reported at the end of the second day’s play Friday by on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Nigel Llong, TV umpire Vineet Kulkarni and Andy Pycroft of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, an International Cricket Council (ICC) statement said. Pycroft handed over the copies of the reports to the West Indies team manager after the conclusion of the Test.
“The umpires’ reports have cited concerns over the two bowlers’ bowling actions, with particular references to Samuels’ ‘quicker deliveries’ and Shillingford’s ‘doosras’,” the ICC said.
Samuels’ and Shillingford’s bowling actions will now be scrutinised further under the ICC process relating to bowlers reported in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. IANS
