Arthur Crabtree wrote:Umpires aren't allowed to call bowlers any more Splinters. At professional level anyway. They have to include it in their report.
For me, your view of what constitutes fair play is too narrow. I'm not really claiming he has broken any rules.
Forgot about that, any road up he wasn't reported and neither was Ajmal. That is the clear issue here.
Yorkshire are within their rights to bowl him, I don't see a problem with them doing so. I've commented before about being conflicted over this: On one hand if there are doubts about a player and they have been formally raised, there are issues over them continuing to bowl and take wickets with what may be an illegal action. On the other hand, preventing a bowler from bowling before they've been tested opens up the floodgates to dubious reports taking out key bowlers in a series etc.
The obvious answer would be to drastically shorten the period from the report to the test. I don't think there is any comment about "fair play" that can be made here.