News APP

NewsApp (Free)

Read news as it happens
Download NewsApp
Home  » Sports » Marc Portus to study Harbhajan's action

Marc Portus to study Harbhajan's action

Source: PTI
May 18, 2005 21:22 IST
Get Rediff News in your Inbox:

The International Cricket Council has appointed Marc Portus to undertake initial bio-mechanical analysis of Harbhajan Singh's bowling action.

Portus will review all relevant match and bio-mechanical footage as well as any other relevant information on Harbhajan, whose action was reported for the second time in three months in March this year.

Also read:
ICC beaten by Harbhajan's doosra
I have lost my mental peace: Harbhajan
Harbhajan's bowling action okayed by ICC
ICC receives report on Harbhajan
Harbhajan will still bowl 'doosra': Wright

The Australian Institute of Sport bio-mechanist is expected to take two weeks to complete the project, an ICC statement said on Wednesday.

Portus will have to determine if there was a change in the action used by the Indian off-spinner by comparing the previous bio-mechanical analyses of his action with the action used during the Test that prompted the latest report from the match officials.

ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said the ready availability of footage of Harbhajan's action from previous bio-mechanical analyses in both England and Australia as well as recent match footage provides Portus with the ability to start his investigation by reviewing the existing material on the bowler's action.

Get Rediff News in your Inbox:
Source: PTI© Copyright 2024 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.

Paris Olympics 2024

India's Tour Of Australia 2024-25