West Indies allrounder Marlon Samuels Suspended from Bowling in International Cricket for a Year Sunday Dec 13,2015

 

West Indies all rounder Marlon Samuels(34) has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for a year after his action was found to be illegal for the second time.

Marlon Samuels was originally suspended from bowling his faster deliveries in international cricket in December 2013.


Marlon Samuels was banned following an independent assessment of his action, which took place at the ICC’s accredited testing centre in Brisbane earlier this month.

According to an ICC statement: "The assessment revealed that Samuels' elbow extension exceeded 15 degrees while bowling and, thus, he employed an illegal bowling action."

Marlon Samuels was assessed after the legality of his bowling action came under question by the match officials during West Indies’ first Test defeat against Sri Lanka in Galle in October 2015

The ICC release said that he is entitled to appeal any procedural aspect of the Independent Assessment that has led to this automatic suspension. However, only after the expiry of this one-year period will he be entitled to approach the ICC for a re-assessment of his bowling action