Darren Lehman has backed the decision to ban Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal, calling the International Cricket Council's crackdown on illegal bowling actions "good for the game".

Lehmann will lead Australia on a tour of the United Arab Emirates to play Pakistan in two Tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20 match in October, and described the decision to ban Pakistan's most successful bowler in recent times "interesting".

"The ICC have obviously decided to have a crackdown on it. That's good for the game, we've got to make sure that area is right," Lehmann told Adelaide radio station FiveAA.

"If you're within the rules then fine. If you're not, then you've got to be looked at. That's what they've decided to do.

"What that tells coaches and players and everyone coming through the game is that you won't be able to do any of that moving forward. I think it's good for the game."

Lehmann must, at least in part, take some responsibility for helping instigate the ICC's crackdown as a member of the governing body's Cricket Committee, whose remit is to make recommendations on "cricket-playing matters" to the Chief Executives' Committee and, in turn, the full ICC Board.

At the June meeting in Melbourne, the Cricket Committee recommended that umpires and match referees be empowered to identify and report suspect bowlers with greater confidence.

Lehmann is one of 17 members of the Cricket Committee that is chaired by former India spinner Anil Kumble. He takes a position as one of two current full member coaching representatives on the committee that also includes two representatives from past and current players.

Following that Melbourne meeting, the game's governing body put out a statement that said the "ICC Board noted with concern the number of bowlers with suspected illegal bowling actions currently playing cricket".

The statement added the Cricket Committee had recommended a number of measures to combat the illegal actions, including:

* to revise processes to encourage umpires and referees to identify suspect bowlers with greater confidence;

* to use the expertise of the bio-mechanics working in this area to assume a greater role during the assessment process; and

* to allow for ongoing scrutiny of bowlers once they have been identified under the ICC procedures.

Ajmal was banned from international cricket last week after independent testing at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane – where Lehmann keeps an office when not on the road with the Australian team – found all of Ajmal's deliveries breached the allowed 15-degree limit for elbow straightening.

Details from the report into Ajmal's testing session were released on the weekend which revealed the off-spinner was found to be straightening his arm by up to 43 degrees.

Suspect actions in the news since June

3 June: Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake is reported for a suspected illegal bowling action and ordered to undergo testing within 21 days.

22 June: New Zealand off-spinner Kane Williamson is reported for a suspected illegal bowling action and ordered to undergo testing within 21 days.

28 June: The ICC Cricket Committee meets in Melbourne and recommends an increased focus on bowlers with questionable actions.

12 July: Senanayake is banned from bowling by the ICC after undergoing official testing in Cardiff.

23 July: Williamson is banned from bowling by the ICC after undergoing official testing in Cardiff.

11 August: Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal is reported for a suspected illegal bowling action and ordered to undergo testing within 21 days.

15 August: The ICC confirms three newly accredited testing centres will be unveiled in the coming months.

22 August: Zimbabwe off-spinner Prosper Utseya is reported for a suspected illegal bowling action and ordered to undergo testing within 21 days.

25 August: Bangladesh off-spinner Sohag Gazi is reported for a suspected illegal bowling action and ordered to undergo testing within 21 days.

25 August: Ajmal begins official testing at Cricket Australia's National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.

9 September: Ajmal banned with immediate effect by ICC. Pakistan Cricket Board say they will weigh up their options, while Ajmal says a medical condition is to blame and he remains confident of playing in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

10 September: Bangladesh fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain is reported for a suspected illegal bowling action and ordered to undergo testing within 21 days.

13 September: PCB release details of ICC report that show Ajmal was found to be straightening arm nearly three times the legal limit.