The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that Sri Lanka’s Tharindu Kaushal is permitted to continue to bowl his stock delivery (off-break) in international cricket following an independent assessment of his action, which took place at the Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai earlier this month.
During the 3rd Test between Sri Lanka and India at SSC from the 28 August to 1 September 2015, Tharindu Kaushal was reported for a suspect bowling action.
In line with the regulations for the review of bowlers reported with suspected illegal bowling actions Kaushal was required to submit to an independent analysis of his bowling action. The examination was undertaken by Dr Anees Sayed and his team of SRU Chennai.
In his report Dr Anees has concluded that Kaushal’s stock off-spin delivery was within the 15º level of tolerance permitted in the ICC regulations and is a legal action and Kaushal’s Doosra exceeded the 15º level of tolerance permitted in the ICC regulations and is an illegal action.
Therefore, in line with 2.2.11 of the regulations, Kaushal’s off-spin is legal and it is permitted to be bowled in international cricket. It has also been ruled that Kaushal’s Doosra should not be bowled in international cricket until such time as he has submitted to a fresh independent analysis.
Sri Lanka Cricket is committed to making every effort to assist Kaushal in taking corrective measures to permit him at a future date, to bowl without restriction in the international arena. To achieve this end, the Coaching Department of SLC has confirmed that their staff will spend extra hours with Kaushal, studying his action and also the available video evidence, to achieve this end within the shortest possible time frame.
