…spnner will take no part in NAGICO Super 50 tournamnet
Embattled West Indies spinner Sunil Narine will take no part in this season’s NAGICO Super50 tournament after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) rejected a request from the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) for the player to be allowed to play.Narine was banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC), after it deemed his action illegal, however, the WICB had vowed to support the spinner, giving the player and the TTCB hope that he would still be able to play some form of cricket.
Last season Narine bowled Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to victory, taking six for nine in the final against the Guyana Jaguars.
The WICB, though in full support of Narine, has said it is not willing to run its affairs contrary to the dictates of the ICC.
“The WICB did not think it wise to allow Narine to take the field until such time as a test is done which shows that his action is legal. It would be contrary to the ICC’s findings if the Board allowed him to play without allowing him to prove that his action was legitimate,” a source was quoted in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian as saying.
Though Narine cannot play for the Red Force, he will be allowed to play domestic cricket and could turn out for the Queen’s Park Cricket Club. Trinidad and Tobago’s domestic competition begins right after the Super50 ends.
Narine’s ban has come after he was called for an illegal action for the third time in his career.
The spinner was called in the Indian Premier League, then in the now defunct Champions League, before his most recent summoning for his action against Sri Lanka.
Narine had taken a break from bowling to work on his action and had only just returned to international cricket when he was banned.
(Sportsmax.com)