Bowler banned after match-winning effort

Gloucestershire's celebrations after Michael Klinger and Jack Taylor hit centuries to secure a gutsy County Championship win have been soured after the England allrounder was banned from bowling by the ECB.

Taylor had hit 72-ball 107 alongside Klinger as the pair helped Gloucestershire engineer a bold come-from-behind County Championship victory against Worcestershire on Wednesday.

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The pair put on 179 in just 24 overs for the sixth-wicket, despite coming off for bad light at one stage in their run-chase. Klinger finished not out on 102, his second ton in as many Championship games this season.

Today the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Taylor had been banned from bowling with an illegal action after testing found the 24-year-old's off-breaks were delivered with an elbow extension of more than the 15 degrees allowed.

It was the second time Taylor had been banned by the ECB for an illegal action.

Taylor had taken 14 wickets at 30.64 this season in the County Championship's second division. He had taken four wickets in an innings twice this season, with a career-best return of 4-16 against Glamorgan last month.

Taylor played in Victorian Premier Cricket for the Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club and took 29 wickets in 15 matches. Taylor is the bowler in the dismissal featured in the tweet below.

He was previously banned in May 2013 after being reported at Worcester's New Road ground – the same venue where he had helped Gloucester to victory this week.

Taylor was cleared to bowl again the following February after undergoing remedial work. His wicket-taking prowess suffered but he has developed into a handy and aggressive batsman renowned for his big hitting.

"Taylor's bowling action was subject to the independent analysis process set out in the ECB regulations for the review of bowlers reported with suspected illegal bowling actions," a statement from the governing body read.

"This analysis took place on Thursday 26 May 2016. The report of the independent analysis was received by ECB on Wednesday 1 June 2016."

It is unclear if Taylor was made aware of his bowling ban before his match-winning knock or if the news came through during the team's victory celebrations.

"Taylor has been suspended from bowling for England and in competitive county cricket until such time as he is submitted to a fresh independent analysis in which it is concluded that he has remedied his actions," the ECB statement added.