West Indies cricket takes another blow as all-rounder Marlon Samuels is banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months because of an illegal action.
An assessment of his bowling during the first Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka in Galle in October 2015, which the home team won, showed his elbow extension exceeded the permitted 15 degrees. Samuels received a more severe sentence due to his previous bowling violation in 2013, when he was banned from bowling quicker deliveries.
Samuels is the third bowler to be banned from bowling in international cricket by the ICC in 2015.
Sunil Narine was suspended in November due to an illegal action. Like Samuels, Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez was handed a 12-month ban by the ICC in July, after his action was found to be illegal for a second time since November 2014.
India’s Shikhar Dhawan was also reported for illegal bowling action recently in the fourth and final Test between India and South Africa.
