Marlon Samuels: West Indies off-spinner reported for bowling action
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Marlon Samuels took 1-84 in 27 overs against Sri Lanka in Galle
West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been reported for bowling with a suspect action for the third time in his career.
The part-time off-spinner was cited after his side's first-Test defeat by Sri Lanka in Galle on Saturday.
The 34-year-old Jamaican will now need to have testing within 14 days.
Samuels was suspended from bowling in 2008, external as a result of his action and has been banned from bowling quicker deliveries since 2013.
The latter ban came as a result of him being reported to the International Cricket Council (ICC) during a Test in India, but this did not preclude him from bowling his standard off-break deliveries.
After his original ban in February 2008, he continued to play as a specialist batsman but did not resume bowling in internationals until September 2011, having served an unrelated two-year suspension from cricket, external between May 2008 and May 2010 for passing information to a bookmaker.
Off-spinners under ICC scrutiny | ||
|---|---|---|
Marlon Samuels | West Indies | Reported in November 2013; cleared in December (but banned from bowling quicker deliveries); reported again in October 2015 |
Shane Shillingford | West Indies | Reported in November 2013; suspended in December; cleared to return in March 2014 (but banned from bowling doosra) |
Sachithra Senanayake | Sri Lanka | Reported in June 2014; suspended in July; cleared to return in December |
Kane Williamson | New Zealand | Reported in June 2014; suspended in July; cleared to return in December |
Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan | Reported in August 2014; suspended in September; cleared to return in February 2015 |
Prosper Utseya | Zimbabwe | Reported in August 2014; suspended in October; cleared to bowl seam in December (but banned from bowling off-spin) |
Sohag Gazi | Bangladesh | Reported in August 2014; suspended in October; cleared to return in February 2015 |
Malcolm Waller | Zimbabwe | Reported in November 2014; suspended in December; cleared to return in August 2015 |
Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | Reported in November 2014; suspended in December; cleared to return in April 2015; reported again in June; banned for 12 months in July |
Bilal Asif | Pakistan | Reported in October 2015 |
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