The report was filed to the game’s governing body by South African match referee Denis Lindsay and umpires Rudi Koertzen of South Africa and George Sharp of England.
Pakistan won the Sharjah tournament with a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the final last Sunday, a match in which 26-year-old Shoaib took three for 33.
There was, however, no report made by West Indian Eddie Nichols, the third umpire standing in Sharjah, an ICC release said.
Shoaib, nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express and among the fastest bowlers in the world, must now work with a specialist ICC bowling advisor to analyse the concerns raised.
The ICC said they would name the advisor imminently, and that an assessment of Shoaib’s action would be submitted to the ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board within three months.
During this period Shoaib can continue to play international cricket, the ICC said.
A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman said Shoaib would be provided with full support to get his action cleared again.
“We will decide in the next few days to appoint someone to work further with him on his action,” the spokesman said. “That is until he (is cleared).”
Shoaib’s bowling action was questioned in March this year when he was reported by umpires Doug Cowie and Steve Dunne during a One-day International in New Zealand.
He subsequently went through an intensive rehabilitation programme in which he remodelled his action under the guidance of Dennis Lillie
and Australian bowling coach Daryl Foster.
“It looks really weird but the thing is I was born like this,” Shoaib said at the time.
“There is a lot of movement in my elbow and shoulder. It is hyper-extendable and looks weird to umpires, but I am not a chucker.”
If Shoaib is reported for a third time in a 12 month period, he could be banned from playing international cricket for a year.
Shoaib was also reported in December 1999 during the third Test against Australia when New Zealand match referee John Reid questioned the legality of his action.
He was banned by the ICC but the decision was reversed soon afterwards by ICC president Jaghmohan Dalmiya of India.
Shoaib made his Test debut against West Indies in 1997-98 and has taken 46 wickets in 16 Tests.—Reuters/AFP