February 26, 2008	Tuesday	Safar 18, 1429

DUBAI, Feb 25: West Indies’ Marlon Samuels has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for a suspect action, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced here on Monday.

“Samuels has been suspended from bowling in international cricket pending fresh assessment after independent analysis of his bowling action revealed that his off-break and fast deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under regulations,” the ICC said in a statement.

The independent analysis was performed by Dr Mark King, member of the ICC panel of human movement specialists, at the National Cricket Academy, at Loughborough University in England on Feb 11.

The analysis showed that Samuels’ average elbow flexion/extension angle for an off-break delivery was 27 degrees while the elbow flexion/extension angle for his faster delivery was 35 degrees. The elbow flexion/extension angle for his arm ball was two degrees.

Although only his fast deliveries were reported as suspect, the ICC process required his action generally, including the fast delivery, to be analysed.

—AFP