ICC confirms six U/19 bowlers identified for remedial work

The International Cricket Council today confirmed that six players at the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup were identified with potentially flawed actions and have been referred back to their home Boards for remedial work.

A three-man group of ICC-appointed experts attended matches at the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh in February and March this year with the aim of identifying young bowlers with potentially flawed actions.

The group comprising former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis, ICC High Performance Manager Bob Woolmer and Professor Bruce Elliott, an expert in biomechanical analysis, reported its findings back to the ICC at the end of the tournament.

This information has now been passed on to the respective Boards which are required to work with the bowlers to review and remedy their actions before they graduate to full international cricket.

The ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Review Group is part of the ICC's comprehensive program to deal with bowlers with flawed actions.

"Over the past two years the ICC has greatly improved the way in which the game is identifying and dealing with bowlers with flawed actions," said Mr Speed.

"The work of this Review Group is another step being taken by the ICC to ensure that the game is able to identify and help players with potentially flawed actions. The players' Home Boards will now have the opportunity to address any concerns before they graduate onto the international stage.

"At the international level it is encouraging to see the three bowlers reported over the past 12 months now returning to international cricket after the remedial work on their actions.

"I believe that this is an indication that the system put in place by the ICC is working."

In the past 12 months three players - Jermaine Lawson (West Indies), Sanwar Hossain (Bangladesh) and Shabbir Ahmed (Pakistan) have entered Stage One of the ICC process.

Each of these players is now working their way back into international cricket and Hossain and Ahmed have both returned to action for their national sides.

The ICC has also taken the lead by compelling each country to develop its own system to identify players with flawed actions and correct any problems well before players reach full international level.

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