South Africa allrounder Prenelan Subrayen has been reported for a suspect bowling action following the first ODI against Australia on Tuesday in Cairns.The offspinner took 1 for 46 in his ten overs, dismissing opener Travis Head as South Africa went 1-0 up with a 98-run win. This was the 31-year-old Subrayen's ODI debut, which came almost two months after he earned his first Test cap against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.

Subrayen now needs to undergo an independent assessment of his action at an ICC-accredited testing facility within 14 days which South Africa are hoping he can do in Brisbane at Cricket Australia's National Cricket Centre where Australia's left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann was tested earlier this year. Bowlers are permitted 15 degrees of elbow extension while delivering the ball and he is allowed to continue bowling in matches until the results of his test are known.

But South Africa coach Shukri Conrad said on Thursday that the team has decided Subrayen will not play until he has completed the testing process. "He's available to play," Conrad said. "You are allowed to play until you get tested." "We just felt that less noise and get him out of the public eye, make sure he is okay and focuses on the testing. "The process is to get him tested as soon as we can and we are looking to do it in Brisbane. That suits everyone.

We are going to the UK via Brisbane so hopefully we can get it sooner rather than later." This is not the first time the Subrayen has faced scrutiny over his action. In December 2012, Cricket South Africa (CSA) placed him under rehabilitation after two separate independent tests deemed his action illegal. He was cleared to bowl again in January 2013 after undergoing remedial work and re-testing. 

Subrayen was reported in September 2014 during the Champions League T20 tournament in India, and once more during a domestic T20 game in November 2015, and suspended from bowling after an assessment of his action found all his deliveries to exceed the 15-degree limit.

He failed a re-assessment in January 2016, and was eventually cleared to resume bowling after having his action cleared at the CSA's High Performance Centre in March 2016. "He has gone through this process before," Conrad said. "It's never easy. It's taken him a long time to make his debut and we are rallying around him. Next week will reveal a lot and we will take it from there. 

"They've [the ICC] flagged 12 balls which they've forwarded to us. He has got to emulate those 12 balls during the test. We are going to be sending our bowling coach (Piet Botha) with him for support and for us to gain some knowledge about how these things work." The second and third ODIs, which are the last two matches of South Africa's white-ball tour of Australia, will be played on August 22 and 24 in Mackay.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)