ICC to fast-track bowling reviews

<div class="section1"><div align="left" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="left" border="0" width="28.9%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal" style="" text-align:="" center=""><img src="/photo/765645.cms" alt="/photo/765645.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal" style="" text-align:="" center=""><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">Muttiah Muralitharan</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-weight:="" bold="">LONDON, July 5:</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:=""> Sri Lanka has raised questions about the way in which the International Cricket Council (ICC) is dealing with illegal deliveries, particularly the research into spin bowling action.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">The Sri Lankan cricket board was upset with the handling of Muttiah Muralitharan''s case after ICC match referee Chris Broad suspected one of the off-spinner''s deliveries was bowled with an illegal action during a series against Australia in March.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Broad said Muralitharan''s </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">doosra</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:=""> a leg-break delivery bowled with an off-break action should be reviewed.Muralitharan went through a series of physiological tests before the ICC ordered him to stop bowling the </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">doosra</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">After listening to strong submissions from Sri Lanka during the ICC Annual Conference, it has been agreed that the process adopted by the ICC will be fast-tracked as far as possible without compromising on the integrity of the research or the deliberations of the Cricket Committee and the Chief Executives'' Committee (CEC) as they deal with this issue.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">The ICC had previously agreed that it would conduct more research at September''s ICC Champions Trophy, after which a subcommittee of the Cricket Committee - comprising Tim May, Aravinda de Silva and Angus Fraser - will review the current ICC two-stage bowling review process and the levels of tolerance.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">The deliberations of this subcommittee will go to the ICC''s Cricket Committee, which will then make a recommendation to the CEC regarding necessary changes. </span><br /><br /><br /></div> </div>