Sri Lanka spin king Muttiah Muralitharan fears that the stigma of being called a 'chucker' will always live with him regardless of how many times he is cleared of the charge.
Murali, the world's leading Test wicket-taker alongside Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne with 527 dismissals, has been called three times in his career for throwing.
He even skipped the recent tour of Australia, following comments from Australian Prime Minister John Howard that he was a chucker.
"I thought my action and reputation were cleared for good in 1999. Who knows? In another three years maybe something else will come up," said the 32-year-old.
"It has not happened once or twice, it has happened three times. So I expect someone to come again and question me. "But I think most people will be convinced that my action is fair and legal. I will be happy with 90 percent. There will perhaps always be 10 percent who are jealous. You can't help them."
Murali's most recent run-in with the ICC came in March when English match-referee Chris Broad reported him for a suspect action during the third Test against Australia at Colombo. He was subsequently banned from using his 'doosra' delivery and underwent a lengthy series of tests on his controversial action.
Once his current Asian Cup responsibilities are done with, his next international assignment will come with Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy in England but recently he agreed to be the subject of a documentary in which he is filmed bowling with a brace on his arm.
"I think it will prove a point to those who had said that it was physically impossible to bowl a ball that turned the other way," Muralitharan told Wisden Asia.
"I proved that it was possible to bowl the doosra without bending the arm. But it was only for public opinion. I was not trying to prove anything to the ICC. I have done all the tests for them and there is nothing more for me to prove there."
Muralitharan is admamant that the delivery will be given the all-clear by the ICC and he is prepared to be patient to wait once again for his action to be cleared.
"The ICC has to check everything and it will take another two or three months and then they will correct everything," he said.
"Broad had the right to think I was suspect. That is his job. I just thought at the time: 'Okay, let's go and check it and see. I haven't had it checked before.' "Now I am more determined although I have to be patient and wait for a few months before it can all be sorted out. And I am definitely confident now that it will be sorted out."
Such is his optimism for the future, that he is even thinking of extending his career beyond the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean.
"If I am fit, definitely. People have tried to stop me, so I want to continue. I am still really enjoying my cricket."
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