CDC announce Yorkshire County Cricket Club sanctions

The independent Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has today published its sanctions decisions in relation to Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Yorkshire County Cricket Club admitted four amended charges in breach of ECB Directive 3.3, after which the CDC Panel held a sanction hearing on Tuesday 27 June 2023.

The CDC Panel has today reprimanded and fined Yorkshire County Cricket Clubs a total of £400,000 and issued an immediate 48-point deduction in the 2023 County Championship, as well as a four-point deduction from the 2023 T20 Blast.

The CDC Panel has published the full reasons for the sanctions, which is available to view here.

The Panel’s sanctions against Yorkshire County Cricket Club are:

• Reprimand

• Yorkshire County Cricket Club has been fined a total of £400,000, broken down as follows in relation to each charge:

1. £80,000 in respect of Charge 1;
2. £50,000 in respect of Charge 2;
3. £135,000 in respect of Charge 3; and
4. £135,000 in respect of Charge 4;

£300,000 of the fine to be suspended for a period of two years.

• Yorkshire County Cricket Club is immediately imposed points sanctions of:

1. A 48-point deduction in the 2023 County Championship in respect of Charge 1;
2. A four-point deduction in the 2023 T20 Blast in respect of Charge 1.

Should any party wish to appeal they will have 14 days to do so from the date on which these decisions are handed down, namely by close of business on Friday 11 August 2023.

These CDC sanction decisions have been made by an independent panel consisting of Tim O’Gorman (Chair of the CDC), Professor Seema Patel and Mark Milliken-Smith KC.

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