Scotland’s Tom Sole is one of three players at the ICC T20 World Cup qualifying tournament in Dubai who has been suspended from bowling after a panel ruled their actions to be illegal.
The 23-year-old spinner, the son of Scotland rugby legend David Sole, still participated in his country’s comfortable win over Bermuda on Thursday.
But he will have to take remedial steps before the ICC allows him to bowl again.
The governing body said in a statement: “Selladore Vijayakumar of Singapore, Tom Sole of Scotland and Abiodun Abioye of Nigeria have been suspended from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect after the Event Panel of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier confirmed that they use illegal actions.”
Vijayakumar was reported by match officials during Singapore’s game against Scotland last Friday, Sole in Scotland’s match against Kenya the following day and Abioye during Nigeria’s match against Canada on Monday.
The Event Panel, which comprises members of the ICC Panel of Human Movement Specialists, viewed video footage of the players bowling in the tournament and concluded that all three employed bowling actions that exceeded the allowed 15 degrees of tolerance.
As a result, they were immediately suspended from bowling in international cricket in accordance with ICC regulations.
Sole, who has made impressive strides forward with bat and ball in recent years and was Man of the Match in the victory over Hong Kong, was previously cleared of having an illegal action during the 2018 World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe.
