Police are called in to look at Shankar

Worcestershire: The club has passed documentation relating to their signing of Adrian Shankar to West Mercia Police for investigation in the wake of the player leaving the club.

The former Lancashire player signed for the county on May 10 but his contract was cancelled by mutual consent just two weeks later. There are doubts over Shankar’s age – he was described as being 26 when he joined Worcestershire but his birth date was given as May 7, 1982 during his time in the Lancashire second team – as well as his claim that he was the top scorer in a Sri Lankan domestic competition last winter.

Shankar only made two first-team appearances for the New Road outfit, making a duck against Middlesex in a Clydesdale Bank 40 match before scoring just 10 in an LV= County Championship meeting with Durham.