Williamson, Senanayake cleared by ICC to bowl again

Melboune, Dec 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Sachithra Senanayake and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson have both been cleared of the charge of illegal bowling actions and can resume bowling in international cricket.

The pair were banned from bowling earlier in the year after their actions were found to go beyond the 15 degrees of elbow extension permitted under the ICC regulations.

Right-arm spinner Senanayake was banned in July after a complaint was made following a match against England in May, which Sri Lanka won.

Williamson was also banned 10 days later as his action was reported by the match referee and the umpires during the second Test match against the West Indies at Port of Spain in June.

Both of them were given 21 days to remodel their action, and now that the ICC is satisfied with their new altered actions the duo can return to bowling, cricket.com.au reported.

However, they can be reported again if the umpires suspect illegal deliveries.

The umpires have been provided with vision of their new actions during testing to aid in assessing the new bowling actions in match conditions.