ECB lifts ban on Jack Taylor with immediate effect

Jack Taylor, the Gloucestershire all-rounder, can resume bowling offspin after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) lifted his ban with immediate effect on Wednesday (August 3).


Taylor's action was reported illegal for the second time in his career, in June earlier this year, and the all-rounder was subsequently banned from bowling. He was re-tested on July 28, after undergoing remedial work on his action and has now been cleared to bowl with his remodelled action.
 
Taylor was previously reported in 2013 and he went on to miss the remainder of the domestic season to work on his action at ECB's national academy in Loughborough. He was cleared to bowl again in February 2014.
 
As a batsman, the 24-year-old has scored 602 runs at an average of 43 in the Championship this season. Last week, Taylor notched up his highest Twenty20 score - an unbeaten 44 - that helped Gloucestershire top the NatWest Blast South Group table.