Matthew Kuhnemann’s bowling action has been analysed. Now he awaits the ICC verdict

Spinner Matt Kuhnemann is expected to find out in the next week if his international career remains on ice after completing tests on his bowling action last weekend.

Kuhnemann underwent more than an hour of testing in front of state-of-the-art high-speed video cameras and a 3D motion analysis system at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.

Matthew Kuhnemann in action in Sri Lanka.Credit: Getty Images

It has been a tumultuous period for Kuhnemann, who was told last Tuesday by coaches Andrew McDonald and Dan Vettori he had been cited for a suspect action by umpires after the second and final Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.

Umpires were concerned with all of Kuhnemann’s deliveries, rather than just specific variations, according to a source close to the bowler with knowledge of the matter.

The devastating news was a sour postscript to a series where Kuhnemann announced himself as a world-class spinner on subcontinental tracks by bowling Australia to a series whitewash.

In accordance with ICC regulations, Kuhnemann bowled 18 to 36 deliveries of all varieties at a similar speed with similar revolutions to match intensity in the Tests.

Matt Kuhnemann takes a wicket in Sri Lanka.Credit: Channel Seven

Kuhnemann performed the tests topless so that markers could be set on his bowling arm and body to measure his action in three dimensions.

The results of Kuhnemann’s tests are expected to take seven to 10 days to come through. Kuhnemann and Cricket Australia officials are confident the left-arm spinner will be given the green light, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. If his action is cleared, that would pave the way for him to be picked for the Test tour of the Caribbean, which follows the World Test Championship final in London in June.

If he is found to extend his elbow by more than 15 degrees on his stock ball, Kuhnemann will be banned from bowling until he can prove he has remedied the issue.

CA provided an update on the testing of Kuhnemann on Wednesday.

“Matthew has completed the assessment which was performed at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane,” CA said in a statement.

“The ICC will make a determination in due course. Neither Cricket Australia nor Matthew will be making any public comment at this time.”

The ICC powers include the authority to determine if a bowler’s action is only problematic on certain types of deliveries.

In that case, a player would be able to continue bowling in matches without those variations until cleared.

Australia’s players are no stranger to biomechanical testing, with high-performance staff often using the same facilities to help streamline or improve the bowling actions of quicks.

Kuhnemann’s test came after he was put on ice for Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia this week, still battling the thumb injury he suffered in the BBL.

He was, however, still able to get through the ICC testing given the injury is on his non-bowling hand.

Kuhnemann also played through the pain to be the leading wicket-taker of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy with 16 scalps at 17.18 in the two Tests in Sri Lanka.

It was after the second Test that Kuhnemann was told his action had been reported, for the first time in eight years of professional cricket.

Australia’s players have backed Kuhnemann in the bid to have his action cleared, with stand-in captain Steve Smith expecting him to have no issue.

“It’s come as a bit of a surprise to me,” Smith, who captained Australia against Sri Lanka, said last Friday.

“He has been playing for eight years in professional cricket and nothing has been said in that amount of time.

“I am thinking of him, at present, he has to go through the process.

“We’re confident he will pass. He will go through that process back home, we wish him all the best.”

with AAP

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