WICB director of cricket Richard Pybus has backed Sunil Narine to “come back a better bowler” after his action was recently deemed to be illegal by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sunil Narine has been assured he will have the full support of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as he prepares to undergo remedial work on his action, having been suspended from bowling in international cricket. Narine was banned from bowling in international after an independent assessment found his bowling deliveries exceeded the 15-degree limit. The spinner had previously been reported for a suspect action in the Champions League T20 and withdrew from West Indies’ Cricket World Cup squad as he sought to modify his bowling.
Following his latest setback, the WICB stated that “Sunil Narine will receive the full support of the West Indies Cricket Board, following his suspension from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect.”
WICB director of cricket Richard Pybus added: “It will be a blow to Sunil to have failed the ICC biomechanics assessment of his action and be suspended from bowling. We will be offering our support to Sunil as he does the remedial work on his bowling action. I know the time and effort he has put in to do this work previously and I am sure this will just deepen his resolve to come back a better bowler.”
The ICC testing of Narine’s action came after he was reported in the wake of West Indies’ third one-day international with Sri Lanka in Pallekele on November 7.
