NSW pace bowler Aaron Bird has been found to have an illegal bowling action and has been banned from playing for his State.
Cricket Australia announced today that Bird's action was found to be illegal under the Cricket Australia doubtful bowling action procedures.
Bird's action was mentioned by the match umpires following NSW's Ford Ranger Cup matches against Queensland on October and South Australia on October 22 and in the Twenty20 Big Bash final against Victoria on January 24 as displaying a "doubtful" bowling action with some deliveries.
Under the Cricket Australia procedures, any bowler mentioned by three different umpires in the same season is reported.
Bird made himself available for analysis of his bowling action at the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory in Canberra on February 11.
The procedures require all deliveries analysed as part of the test to comply with the allowable elbow extension tolerance of 15 degrees. The assessment report found that not all of Bird's deliveries complied with the allowable elbow extension tolerance.
Any player found to have displayed an illegal action is suspended from interstate competitions until he is able to complete a biomechanical analysis that demonstrates his action is legal, but no earlier than 90 days after the date a suspension begins.
Bird's suspension begins today.
The player has the right to challenge the findings in the biomechanical assessment report through a CA Bowling Review Group hearing.
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