Cricket Australia (CA) today announced that Western Fury bowler Jenny Gunn has been found to have displayed an illegal bowling action under the Cricket Australia Doubtful Bowling Action Procedures.
Gunn was reported by the match umpires following the WNCL match played on Sunday 30 November 2008, between Western Fury (Western Australia) and SA Scorpions (South Australia), as displaying a doubtful bowling action with her deliveries.
Under the Cricket Australia Doubtful Bowling Action Procedures, umpires have the option to report a bowler for displaying an illegal bowling action. If this occurs, the bowler is subjected to the CA Doubtful Bowling Action Procedures.
Jenny Gunn made herself available to undergo an analysis of her bowling action at the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory in Canberra on January 28. 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 none of Gunn's deliveries complied with the allowable elbow extension.
Any player found to have displayed an illegal action is suspended from interstate competitions until she is able to complete a biomechanical analysis that demonstrates her action is legal, but no earlier than 90 days after the date a suspension commences. Gunn's suspension from Australian Interstate competition commenced on 25 February.
The player has the right to challenge the findings in the biomechanical assessment report through a CA Bowling Review Group hearing and Gunn has indicated that she wishes to challenge the findings of the assessment report.
Under the Procedures, CA will convene a meeting of the CA Bowling Review Group within 14 days of the bowler advising CA they wish to challenge the findings. Gunn's challenge will be heard no later than 12 March 2009.
