Shakib barred from bowling in ECB’s tournaments

LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has suspended Bangladesh’s all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan from bowling in its tournaments.

Shakib underwent an independent testing of his bowling at Loughborough University earlier this month, which deemed his action illegal. As a result, Shakib will now need to pass an independent reassessment of his action to overturn the suspension.

The suspension is officially effective from December 10, the day the ECB received the assessment results from Loughborough University. Shakib’s bowling action was deemed suspected by on-field umpires, Steve O’Shaughnessy and David Millns, during his one-match County Championship stint for Surrey in September. In his one-match stint, the left-arm spinner registered brilliant match figures of 9/193 but could not prevent Somerset from claiming a thumping 111-run victory.