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  • Media Advisory – Cricket Discipline Commission – Ben Stokes/Alex Hales

    Media Advisory – Cricket Discipline Commission – Ben Stokes/Alex Hales

    The independent Cricket Discipline Commission (“CDC”) today confirmed that Ben Stokes and Alex Hales have each been charged by the ECB with bringing the game into disrepute.
    Each player has been charged with two counts of breaching ECB Directive 3.3 and will be required to attend a CDC Disciplinary Panel Hearing in accordance with the CDC Regulations.
    ECB Directive 3.3 states:
    “No Partici

  • Eleven players penalised under ECB Discipline Code

    Eleven players penalised under ECB Discipline Code



    Below is a round-up of Fixed Penalty Directive breaches from 16 July - 27 August:
    Tom Banton was reported by umpires Martin Saggers and Steve O’Shaughnessy during the U19 Test Match between England and South Africa on 16 – 19 July 2018 for a Level 1 breach of the Directives (any other misconduct, the nature of which is, in the opinion of the umpires, equivalent to a Level 1 offence).

  • Six players penalised under ECB Discipline Code

    Six players penalised under ECB Discipline Code

    Below is a round-up of Fixed Penalty Directive breaches from June 25 - July 16.

    Stuart Whittingham was reported by umpires Martin Saggers and Billy Taylor during Sussex’s Specsavers County Championship match against Nottinghamshire on 25 - 28 June 2018. The Cricket Liaison Officer, Tim Boon, determined that Whittingham had committed a Level 1 breach of the Directives (bowling a dangerous or

  • Ryan ten Doeschate suspended and Imran Qayyum and Matt Henry penalised under ECB Discipline Code

    Ryan ten Doeschate suspended and Imran Qayyum and Matt Henry penalised under ECB Discipline Code




    The England and Wales Cricket Board’s Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) today confirmed that three cricketers have received penalties under the ECB’s Fixed Penalty Directives.
    Ryan ten Doeschate was reported by umpires Jeremy Lloyds and Steve O’Shaughnessy during Essex’s Specsavers County Championship match against Lancashire on 9 – 12 June 2018. The Cricket Liaison Officer, Tony

  • Non-executive appointments to new Regulatory Committee

    Non-executive appointments to new Regulatory Committee

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed a series of appointments to its newly formed Regulatory Committee, the group which has full oversight of all ECB’s rules, regulations and procedures.
    Five non-executive appointments complete an eight-strong committee chaired by Nic Coward, the former CEO of the British Horseracing Authority and former General Secretary of the English Premi