The International Cricket Council has dismissed the results of a recent survey of players which concluded that the problem of bowlers throwing remained an issue. More than 100 players from the Test-playing countries completed the Federation of International Cricket Associations' (FICA) survey last month. Just over three-quarters of those who replied said that illegal bowling was a concern to them, and around half believed that any bowler who had been reported should be banned until their action had been cleared.

But an ICC spokesman told the BBC that the report was inaccurate. "It is misleading to suggest that there is a major problem with bowling actions and it is misleading to suggest nothing is being done about it. Of course there have been issues in recent months, but that shows that the process that is in place is working."

The FICA is not recognised by ICC, and the spokesman said that if the players had issues then they should be raised directly with ICC.

The prospects of that happening appear to be slight given some of the other conclusions of the FICA's survey. One in five of the players polled said that ICC is doing a good job of running the game – almost half thought that it is not. Only 4% agreed that ICC balances the interests of the game with those of the players, 60% disagreeing with the statement. Perhaps most damning of all, 62% did not think that ICC was interested in the views of the players.

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