ICC clears Marlon Samuels action allowed to bowl again in international cricket

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that following remedial work and reassessment, the bowling action of West Indies Marlon Samuels has been found to be legal, and the player can now resume bowling in international cricket.

On 29 January, Samuels underwent a reassessment of his bowling action at the National Cricket Performance Centre in Loughborough where it was revealed that the amount of elbow extension for all his off-spin deliveries was within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC regulations for the review of bowlers reported with suspected illegal bowling actions.

The umpires are still at liberty to report Samuels if they believe he is displaying a suspect action and not reproducing the legal action from the reassessment. To assist the umpires, they will be provided with images and video footage of the bowler’s remodeled legal bowling action.

If Samuels is reported again, he will be required to undertake further analysis of his bowling action at an ICC accredited testing centre. Samuels was last reported during the Galle Test against Sri Lanka (19 October 2015) and was subsequently suspended for 12 months in December 2015 after an independent assessment revealed he had employed an illegal bowling action for the second time in 24 months.

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The all-rounder has had a rich 71 Test career during which he scored 3917 runs at an average of 32.64, has the best score of 260 – and own 7 centuries and 24 half centuries to his name. In his limited-overs career he has featured in 187 ODI and 51 T20I career where he has scored 5180 and 1186 runs respectively. As far as bowling is concerned Samuels has 41 Test, 85 ODI and 19 T20I wickets to his name.

He has also featured in 140 Twenty20 matches across different leagues and has 66 scalps in his account; he will be able to bowl in T20 leagues now.