International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to organise a special meeting to review the players’ punishments for various offences and also to decide on how to protect the spirit of cricket. According to the reports, some former and present cricketers will present at that meeting.
Regarding this, ICC CEO Dave Richardson has recently written the letter to the various cricket boards. It will be the first time in 141 years when the governing cricket body is going to conduct this kind of meeting.
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There is a lot of serious incidents happened in the international cricket during this month. Starting from David Warner-Quinton de Kock off-field verbal fights, international cricket has seen Kagiso Rabada’s shoulder hit to Steven Smith, Shakib Al Hasan’s behaviour on the sideline, the most controversial ball-tampering etc.
All of these incidents were against the spirit of cricket and provided a negative impression in the game. These incidents were trending so much that the real cricket games continuously failed to come over from this.
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To clarify the special meeting, Dave Richardson wrote in that letter, “We need to define more clearly for the benefit of both the players and the match officials what is acceptable behaviour and what is not and what are the appropriate sanctions that should be imposed when a player breaches the Code. We also need to consider how we can reach greater consistency in the decision making around the application and enforcement of the Code,” Richardson wrote.
“This issue, however, goes beyond ‘ball tampering’ and … over the last few months, we have been witness to a number of examples of poor player behaviour in various international series around the world including ugly sledging, send-offs, dissent against umpire decisions and a walk-off. There is a need for cricket to take an urgent and hard look at itself.
“We intend bringing together some well respected former and current players who together with the ICC Cricket Committee will consider the appropriateness of the current offenses and the sanctions in the Code as well as how to make the spirit of the game a more integral part of the Code.
“The ICC will be conducting a wide-ranging review into player behaviour, the spirit in which the game is played and the Code of Conduct.”
