A dodgy bouncer has sentenced NSW fast bowler Aaron Bird to 90 days in cricketing purgatory. Bird was withdrawn on Wednesday from the Blues outfit to play Queensland in a do-or-die Sheffield Shield match after being found guilty of throwing.

The 25-year-old underwent analysis at the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory this month after earlier being reported in three separate games for displaying a suspect action.

According to Cricket NSW, all deliveries he bowled in the Canberra lab complied with the allowable elbow extension tolerance of 15 degrees except for one.

An illegal bouncer saw Bird become the first player to have fallen foul of testing procedures in four years at the International Cricket Council-approved AIS laboratory.

The Blues have indicated they won’t appeal the 90-day ban but chief executive Dave Gilbert angrily pointed the finger at rival players for dobbing in the successful limited-overs bowler.

Bird was the leading domestic Twenty20 wicket-taker with 13 at 14.08 while he was among the leading one-day bowlers with 21 at 22.19, but he couldn’t escape the howls of protest from opposing states.

Gilbert slammed “one or two” Victorian players for unfairly bringing attention to Bird’s action in NSW’s recent Shield loss at the MCG.

“Some players have taken it upon themselves to highlight the unusual aspects of Aaron’s action,” he said.

“There have been occasions this year that have left a very sour taste in the mouths of Aaron’s teammates.

“What is clear is the domain of whether an action is legal or illegal is solely the umpires.

“There really needs to be an edict from Cricket Australia in quick time that players leave this business to the umpires.”

Bird trained with the Blues on Wednesday morning but his suspension forced them to quickly call up tall teenage left-armer Mitchell Starc before flying north for the Gabba clash.

“It’s very disappointing,” said NSW coach Matthew Mott.

“We were very confident going in that (Bird) would be fine but as it turned out it was one delivery that didn’t make the pass mark and it’s a pretty tough thing for him to know he was that close.

“One bouncer was the issue … and that’s also a positive thing for Aaron as well because he knows there’s not that much work to do to be legal again.

“He’s shown a lot of character over the last couple of years with all this hanging over his head but I’m sure he’ll come out the other side.”

An upset Bird declared he would work hard to resurrect his career.

“I will now go away with the coaching staff and analyse the test findings and make any adjustments required to make sure that I am ready to go in 90 days’ time,” he said in a statement.

“I am confident that this will only be a temporary setback.”

© AAP 2012

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