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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Sunil Narine,West Indies spinner withdraws from World Cup squad

West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has withdrawn from the forthcoming 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup as he needs to spend more time remodelling his bowling action


The West Indies Cricket Board said he is not yet ready to "confidently bowl for a sustained period in international cricket with his new action".

"For both West Indies and my sake we have decided to delay my return to international cricket until I am 100% confident in all that I do," said Sunil Narine, who helped Trinidad and Tobago win the domestic Super50 competition 

A replacement will be named shortly.

It means the top two bowlers in the ICC's ODI bowling rankings - Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal andSunil and Narine - will miss the2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

Off-spinners under ICC scrutiny

Marlon Samuels
West Indies
Reported in November 2013; cleared in December 2013 (but banned from bowling quicker deliveries)
Shane Shillingford
West Indies
Reported in November 2013; suspended in December 2013; 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
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
Malcolm Waller
Zimbabwe
Reported in November 2014; suspended in December
Mohammad Hafeez
Pakistan
Reported in November 2014; suspended in December

Note

Sunil Narine was twice reported for suspected action in September 2014 and October 2014 while playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Champions League Twenty20.
That caused him to be barred from bowling in the CLT20 final, but as that event is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it did not affect his participation in international cricket.
However, the WICB has not selected him for any international matches since then, amid fears that his action might be reported to the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has the power to suspend him from bowling.

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