Aaron Phangiso suspended from bowling after action found illegal

Johannesburg:  South Africa left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso has been suspended from bowling in domestic cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after an independent assessment found his bowling action to be illegal. The 32-year-old underwent assessment in Pretoria, where all of his deliveries exceeded the 15-degree level of tolerance permitted under the regulations. Cricket South Africa (CSA) further confirmed that Phangiso would not be selected for the first two home T20Is against Australia, starting from Friday. ALSO READ: South Africa vs Australia 2016: Australia to target AB de Villiers

Australia will play three-match Twenty20 (T20) International series against South Africa from March 4 until March 9 ahead of ICC World T20 2016. He, however, would remain in the squad to work alongside South Africa’s spin bowling coach Claude Henderson and CSA’s high performance manager Vinnie Barnes in an effort remold his action.

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“The timing of this issue for Aaron and for our World T20 squad is clearly inopportune but we need to deal with it. We will work hard to remedy Aaron’s action and have him retested as soon as practically possible. We are fortunate to have an ICC accredited Laboratory in South Africa and this will certainly make a quick turnaround possible,” CSA’s chief executive, Haroon Lorgat was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo reported.

Phangiso will now only be allowed to play in next month’s World T20 after undergoing a second round of independent tests next week.

Earlier, Phangiso had been reported for a suspect illegal bowling during his side Highveld Lions’ win against the Warriors in the semi-finals of the Momentum One-Day Cup at the Wanderers