After being suspended from bowling in July during the West Indies tour, stand-in skipper Kane Williamson has been working hard on his bowling action, with Yorkshire's Richard Dawson and New Zealand spin whiz Paul Wiseman.
In the past couple of weeks, Kane travelled to India to undergo ICC testing on his action - last night, it was announced he had passed the test and is free to resume bowling immediately.
"It's a good feeling, there's been a lot of work put in to correcting the action so it's nice to pass the test. In saying that, there's still a lot of work to be done to keep improving my bowling so I can be an option for the team," said Kane.
See the full interview, and see Kane's new action for yourself:
ICC MEDIA RELEASE: Senanayake and Williamson cleared to resume bowling
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that, following remedial work and a re-test, the bowling actions of Sri Lanka’s Sachithra Senanayake and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson are legal and they can now resume bowling in international cricket.
Since being reported earlier in the year, both bowlers have remodeled their bowling actions prior to applying to have their actions re-tested. The results showed that the level of elbow extension measured for all deliveries bowled was now within the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the ICC regulations.
The umpires are still at liberty to report these bowlers in the future if they believe the bowler is displaying a suspect action and not reproducing the legal action that was analysed during the re-test.
To assist in comparing the action used in the lab to the action used in upcoming matches, umpires have been provided with images and video footage of the remodeled legal actions of both bowlers.
