Reports suggest that Shakib Al Hasan has also failed the bowling action test conducted in Chennai on December 21.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) became aware of the test results informally a few days ago. Based on this, Gazi Ashraf Hossain described the news as “shocking” yesterday in Sylhet.
However, the BCB has not made any formal announcement since they are yet to receive the official written report.
This information was sourced from Prothom Alo.
In the meantime, there are various rumors circulating regarding Shakib’s bowling action test report from Chennai.
According to the ICC`s rules on illegal bowling actions, if a bowler’s action is found faulty in two consecutive tests, they will be banned from bowling at any level of cricket for the next year.
If Shakib indeed failed the Chennai test, he will be prohibited from bowling for the next year at all levels of cricket.
Nevertheless, a source connected to the BCB has given a slightly different interpretation of the rule.
According to this source, Shakib will not be allowed to bowl for the time being, but he can continue working on correcting his bowling action.
Once he believes his action is fixed, he can undergo another test at an ICC-approved center.
However, if his action is still found faulty during that test, he will not be able to bowl for the following year, nor will he be allowed to take any further tests to correct his action during that period.
Additionally, another source has mentioned that the negative result from the Chennai test could be due to a “technical error.” If that is the case, the result may be disregarded, and Shakib may be allowed to take another “second” test.
When asked about this last night, a senior BCB official stated, “We have unofficially heard that he failed the action test in Chennai, but we cannot say anything clearly until we receive the official report.”
Earlier, there were rumors that after receiving a negative result from the December 21 test, Shakib had already undergone another test in Chennai.
However, no one has confirmed this information, and it has been reported that Shakib has been in the United States for the past four days.
Concerns regarding Shakib’s bowling action first surfaced in September during an English County Championship Division One match.
Shakib had represented Surrey against Somerset in that tournament.
Despite Surrey losing the match in Taunton by 111 runs, Shakib took 9 wickets in 63 overs across two innings.
Approximately two months later, it was revealed that the two match umpires had raised concerns about Shakib’s bowling action during that match.
Shakib later took a bowling action test on December 2 at Loughborough University’s medical department, near Birmingham.
Following the test, a source close to Shakib informed Prothom Alo that after bowling four overs in front of the Loughborough specialists, Shakib was confident that his action would not be flagged as faulty.
Of the four overs he bowled, Shakib used his regular action for the first three, while in the final over, he bowled with more intensity—believing that this was the action that had led the umpires to raise concerns about his bowling during the county match.
On December 10, the results from Loughborough showed that his action was indeed illegal. Shakib took a second test in Chennai on December 21, and if this result turns out to be negative, the left-arm spinner will no longer be allowed to bowl. He would then be limited to playing only as a batsman. However, under the current ICC regulations, if a bowler feels the test results are inaccurate, they are allowed to challenge them.
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