WICB, bowlers must respond to ICC action

WEST INDIES have again been jolted by the suspension of one of their major spinners, this time their most prominent.

As much to the point, Sunil Narine’s censuring by the umpires for a suspect action in successive matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKK) in the Champions League that ended in Bengaluru yesterday is further evidence that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has finally grasped the game’s most agonising nettle it had attempted for too long, albeit with good intentions, to handle with kid gloves.

It has changed its softly-softly approach to the burgeoning number of bowlers with flawed actions – in plain language, throwers, chuckers, pelters, stoners, call them what you will — and now encourages umpires to report those they deem to be transgressing.