Sussex fast bowler James Kirtley's action is not under scrutiny again.

Contrary to newspaper reports on Tuesday, International Cricket Council match referee Clive Lloyd has not requested video footage of Kirtley bowling before his action was cleared two years ago.

Kirtley was reported for an illegal action after making his England one-day debut against Zimbabwe in October, 2001.

He was subsequently cleared the following March by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after undergoing remedial sessions at the County Ground in Hove with Bob Cottam, England's bowling coach at the time, and Sussex's Director of Cricket Peter Moores.

Kirtley took 6-34 on his Test debut against South Africa at Trent Bridge in August and made his third Test appearance last week in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Kandy last week when he took four wickets.

Neither umpire made reference to Lloyd about Kirtley during the match and Lloyd has insisted that the Sussex vice-captain is not under scrutiny again.

Lloyd said: "I wouldn't do that unless the umpires have said something was wrong and nothing has been said.

"I hadn't seen him bowl before and there's obviously been some speculation in the past. We will have to keep monitoring the situation as we do with all bowlers.

"I can understand that it has been hard for James Kirtley. I was a cricketer and I understand the guy's position.

"Nothing has been reported so Mr Kirtley can rest assured and so can the England team that everything is fine. Nobody wants to mar this series.

"The young guy has had some problems before. He has rectified his action and if as such things changed then we would take it from there but at the moment everything is alright."

After working with Kirtley in 2001, Cottam said that the fast bowler had "shown a lot of bottle" in addressing the concerns over his action. "There is no greater stigma for a bowler to endure than to be labelled a chucker," said Cottam.

"We got James to make sure his forehead followed through down the pitch. It was only when he tilted his head to one side and led with his right ear that he tended to twist his arm.

"I watched with bated breath when he made his Test debut at Trent Bridge. I didn't see every ball, but his action looked fine to me."

Moores spoke to Kirtley at the weekend and said he saw nothing in television coverage of last week's Test to cause him alarm.

"I didn't see anything untoward so all the stuff in the papers today was a surprise," said Moores.

"The good thing for James is that he was picked on merit ahead of the other fast bowlers last week, probably for the first time since he broke into the Test squad.

"I talked to him at the end of the second Test and he was in good spirits and it's good for James that Clive Lloyd has come out and said something positive today."