Harbhajan's bowling action okayed by ICC

Off spinner Harbhajan Singh has been cleared of a suspect bowling action, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.

Harbhajan was reported for a suspect action when bowling his 'doosra' delivery by match officials during the second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong in December.

The doosra is a delivery that spins away from a right-handed batsman, the opposite direction to an off spinner's stock ball.

The ICC said they had received a report from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that confirmed the "bowling action for both his off-spinner and 'doosra' falls within the tolerance threshold prescribed in its new regulations".

The ICC introduced a new threshold on March 1 allowing all bowlers to straighten their arms by up to 15 degrees.

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Previously, spinners were only permitted to straighten their arms by five degrees, medium pacers 7.5 and fast bowlers by 10.

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Harbhajan, who has been named in India's squad for their Test series against Pakistan starting next Tuesday, worked

with a biomechanics expert from the University of Western Australia to correct his action.

He had been reported once before, in 1998, for a suspect action.