AGENCIES
Dubai
West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine was Thursday cleared to resume his career after a suspension for a suspect bowling action ruled him out of his team's World Twenty20 title-winning campaign.
The 27-year-old Trinidadian was suspended in November last year after being cited during a one-day match in Sri Lanka. He had also been reported for a similar problem at the 2014 Champions League T20 tournament. "Sunil Narine's action found to be legal, can now resume bowling in international cricket and domestic cricket events worldwide," the International Cricket Council (ICC) tweeted.
Narine has played six Tests in his stop-start career, taking 21 wickets. He also has 77 wickets in 55 ODIs and 40 victims in Twenty20. Top-ranked bowler Narine had to drop out of the original 15-man West Indies squad for the World Twenty20 in India which ended on Sunday with his team securing a second title with a four-wicket win over England.
Earlier on Thursday, Kolkata Knight Riders coach Jacques Kallis said the franchise was yet to hear from the ICC on whether Narine has been cleared to play in the Indian Premier League starting this weekend. "He has done a lot of work. We have not got the official verdict from the ICC yet, but I am sure they will come out positive," Kallis told reporters in Kolkata.
During is training in India, Narine's father passed away, forcing the player to return to Port-of-Spain. However, Kallis said the player would be under no pressure to return quickly. Knight Riders are set to play their opening match of the new Indian Premier League season at Eden Gardens on Sunday.
