ST JOHN’S (Antigua): The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Tuesday announced that their off-spinner Sunil Narine has withdrawn from the West Indies squad for the forthcoming World Cup.

Narine has undergone intense remedial work on his bowling action and preliminary tests have shown him bowling all his deliveries under the 15-degree flexion allowance. However, he requires more time to be able to confidently bowl for a sustained period in international cricket with his new action.

“Playing for Red Force and winning the NAGICO Super50 has been a big boost, but going in to the World Cup is a little too much too soon and, after consulting the WICB, for both West Indies and my sake we have decided to delay my return to international cricket until I am 100 per cent confident in all that I do,” Narine said.

“Whilst I am very happy with the progress made to date with my action, and I express my thanks to the coaches working with me in Trinidad and Dr Daryl Foster in Perth, Australia, I am withdrawing from the World Cup,” the spinner explained.—Courtesy ICC

Published in Dawn, January 28th, 2015

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