After the scandalous ball tampering issue during the Australia vs South Africa test, the International Cricket Council (ICC) was trying to look more deeply into the breach of conduct in the world cricket. After watching David Warner and Smith indulging in such a breach the whole world was taken aback. Though Cricket Australia had banned the two and also both the Aussie stars have apologized to the fans all around still there was a question about the transparency of the game.
In the recently concluded board meeting of ICC in Kolkata, the board members unanimously agreed on making the punishment more strict for future. Warner and Smith are banned for one whole year from all international cricket tournaments and the Australia board is busy declaring the coach and present skipper for the England test in June. The bowler Bancroft is banned for almost 9 months.
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Besides discussing other issues, committees agreed about taking more strict action for ball tampering issues, abusive languages, sending off and dissent to Umpire decisions was taken care of.
“The Code of Conduct review is a crucial piece of work and my fellow Board directors and I are committed to seeing an improvement in player behaviour and ensuring a culture of respect across our sport. We will consider tougher sanctions as we work to create a culture of respect.” ICC CEO David Richardson said.
He said further that ICC would do whatever needed for keeping the game clean and transparent and a long hour was spent in Kolkata speaking on that.
“The message from everyone gathered in Kolkata was loud and clear – we must act to create a culture of respect that protects the integrity of the sport. We all have a responsibility to the game and its fans and the strength of feeling around the board table today means we have a unique opportunity to improve the behaviour and culture across cricket. We are currently in the process of confirming the individuals to support us in this review and they will meet alongside the Cricket Committee in May and make recommendations to the Board in June.” he concluded.
