Sri Lankan response to Perera report
The Sri Lanka Team Manager Chandra Schaffter today issued the following statement in response to the ICC's announcement that pace bowler Ruchira Perera had been reported by the umpires in the 1st npower Test for a suspect bowling action
Media Release
21-May-2002
The Sri Lanka Team Manager Chandra Schaffter today issued the following
statement in response to the ICC's announcement that pace bowler Ruchira
Perera had been reported by the umpires in the 1st npower Test for a suspect
bowling action.
Schaffter said: "As far as we are concerned there is a procedure in place
for dealing with a report by the umpires on a player with a suspect action.
We will follow the procedure scrupulously and will co-operate with the ICC
fully.
"With regard to selection, the ICC rules permit a bowler who has been
reported at Stage One of the process to continue playing and we will
consider Ruchira Perera for selection for the next Test Match."