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New process for dealing with suspect bowling actions Lynn McConnell - 10 January 2001
An improved method of dealing with players with suspect bowling actions is being implemented by the International Cricket Council. Under the chairmanship of India's Sunil Gavaskar, the cricket committee, is trying to be fair to players when their actions are regarded as suspect. Each country is now required to set up its own group of bowling advisors while the ICC will establish a bowling review group which will complete the final part of the review process. New Zealand's panel has not been finalised but former international Dayle Hadlee and National umpiring director Brian Aldridge and a spin bowler yet to be named will comprise the team. Nothing in the process overrides the responsibility of the umpire to apply Law 24 on the field of play which means an umpire can still call a no ball if thinks the ball has been thrown. The reporting procedure is: (for all Test and One-Day Internationals) * Standing umpire/s produce a report summarising concerns about any bowler with a suspect action, which is passed to the match referee * the referee provides detailed video footage of the bowler and a master copy of the tape is couriered immediately to the ICC in London * at the end of that day's play the referee notifies the team manager and the ICC of the report. Within 24 hours of notification the referee issues a media statement confirming that the player has been reported and will be subject to the review process. Stage One * the home Board's bowling advisors review the referee's report and work with the player to correct his action. Within a six week period the advisors complete and send an assessment report to the ICC. This will be circulated to the player and the ICC panel of umpires and referees * during this period the bowler is allowed to continue playing Stage Two * if the player is reported again within 12 months of the first report the ICC, in consultation with the relevant Board, will appoint one of its own advisors to work directly with the player on his action. A further detailed assessment will then be submitted by the ICC advisor within three months. * the report will be circulated as in Stage One and the bowler can continue to play Stage Three * a third report in 12 months will activate the ICC Bowling Review Group, which will meet with the bowler and his representatives to discuss the previous two assessment reports, video footage and any further evidence supplied by the player or his Board. * at the end of the hearing the player will leave and a vote taken to determine if he has an illegal action. If a majority is passed to this effect the bowler will be banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months from the date of the hearing. ICC Cricket Operations manager Clive Hitchcock said: "We have consulted with many former Test players and captains in developing the new process and believe it represents a fair but effective solution to the problem. "This is a sensitive area and we have put forward a system that offers help and assistance to bowlers suspected of having problems with their actions. The three stages give ample opportunity for a player to overcome these and demonstrate conclusively that his action is entirely legal," he added. * Bowling advisors will consist of ex-international cricketers with coaching experience. Groups are to include experts in all major styles of bowling. * The ICC Bowling Review Group will consist of a member of the Code of Conduct Commission as Chairman, a current referee, an ex-international player, an ex-international umpire, a human movement specialist and the ICC Cricket Operations Manager * The ICC Cricket Committee-Playing is made up of the following 14 members:
* Sunil Gavaskar, India, chairman, * Their recommendations were in turn ratified by the ICC Cricket Committee-Management, made up of the full time chief executives of ICC member countries
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