ICC to Review Punishment for Ball-tampering Scandal

ICC to Review Punishment for Ball-tampering After Cape Town Scandal

New Delhi: The global Cricket Council (ICC) has commissioned a huge-ranging evaluation into player behaviour, the spirit wherein the game is performed and the Code of conduct. The review, a good way to be led through the ICC chief government David Richardson, will seek advice from widely with the sport in contemporising the standards expected of participant behaviour and growing a subculture of appreciate.

it will focus on  matters: firstly, the ICC Code of conduct, reviewing the levels of offence based totally on seriousness, greater really defining the behavior so as to constitute every offence and reviewing the sanctions that have to practice to the various offences.

Secondly, the status quo of a ‘spirit of cricket code’ based totally on a subculture of appreciate. this will define extra sincerely what it simply means to play the cutting-edge sport and could draw reviews from respected former players, in shape officials, the MCC and modern players.

Richardson said the cricket committee can even meet to talk about the way to achieve consistency in decision-making across the enforcement of the disciplinary code.

"The spirit of the sport has been there for a long time but it has no longer been described what it way," he delivered.

"in relation to the umpires and referees trying to impose the code, if there's ambiguity there which makes it greater hard for them.

"So under that code we need to attempt to establish and be tons clearer on what we mean while we say 'cricket needs to be played according to the spirit of the game'.