(Trinidad Guardian) Support continues to grow for T&T and West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine, as the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs has given the spinner TT$35,000 to help correct his bowling action in an effort to represent West Indies at the World T20 Tournament in March.
At a press conference on Wednesday, which was attended by members of the T&T Cricket Board and the Queen’s Park Cricket Club at the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs on Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain, Minister Smith presented the cheque to Narine.
Narine, who has had issues since 2011, was reported for a suspect bowling action in November by the International Cricket Council following the third One-Day International against Sri Lanka. After being tested at Loughborough University in England on November 17, Narine’s action was found to exceed the 15 degrees level of tolerance. Narine, who has been named on the West Indies provisional squad for the T20 World Cup, is hoping to travel to Loughborough University next month to test his new action. Narine stated, “I am hoping that mid February I can do the test. I have been working hard so hopefully when that time comes I can pass the test and play for the West Indies again.”
Narine was grateful for the support he was given over the past two months
