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ICC's process of reporting illegal bowling actions

Once an umpire and/or the match referee reports a bowler considered to have a suspect bowling action at the end of a Test or One-Day International, the bowler's team manager and the ICC will be notified of the report within 24 hours, and within a further period of 24 hours, a public statement will be issued by the match referee, confirming the reporting.

The bowler's Board will be notified and copies of the relevant match footage supplied.

Within a period of 21 days, the bowler will be required to work with an independent member of the ICC's Human Movement Specialist panel.

The Human Movement Specialist's report will confirm if the bowler's action exceeds the permitted 15 degrees of straightening, or if he has been cleared to continue playing.

If the action is found to be legal, the bowler can immediately resume his career, although the clearance does not constitute any form of exemption against being reported in future.

If the report finds that the bowler's action exceeds 15 degrees of straightening, he will be immediately suspended from international cricket. There are then two options available to him:

* to carry out remedial action to rectify his action to meet the ICC standard, or

* to contest the decision within 14 days and seek a hearing of the ICC Bowling Review Group (BRG) to make a final decision.

* a BRG hearing will be held within 21 days and the outcome will decide to either uphold the decision of the expert report and suspend the bowler, or alternatively overturn the decision and clear the player to resume his international career.

A second report within the space of two years proving an illegal action would see the bowler suspended from all international cricket for a minimum period of 12 months. — Source: ICC

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