An independent Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel has imposed a £50,000 fine on Essex CCC after the club pleaded guilty to two charges in relation to a racist comment made in 2017 at an Essex CCC Executive Board meeting.
The club has also been cautioned as to further conduct and issued with a reprimand. £15,000 of the fine is suspended for two years.
Essex had been charged with a
A Disciplinary Panel of the Cricket Discipline Commission has announced its sanction on Jason Roy after he admitted a charge of conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket, the ECB and himself into disrepute, in breach of ECB Directive 3.3.
Following a full disciplinary hearing at which all available evidence was h
On 3 February, a Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel imposed a five-match ban on Alex Davies in relation to the player’s historic social media posts.
Mr Davies, who had been charged with breaching ECB Directives 3.3 and 3.4, will serve an immediate one-match ban with the other four matches suspended for a two-year period from the date of the Hearing. He was also fined £1,500.
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Fixed Penalties
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has imposed suspended sanctions against Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Colin Ackermann following a remote disciplinary hearing on 2 August.
The hearing was held after Leicestershire received six fixed penalties in a 12-month period; Ackermann was captain on all six occasions.
As a consequence of the fixed penalties, Leic
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has imposed a suspended sanction against Sussex County Cricket Club following a remote disciplinary hearing on 15 June. The hearing was held after Sussex received five fixed penalties in a 12-month period.
As a consequence of the fixed penalties, Sussex CCC were charged with a breach of ECB Directive 3.6.21(a).
The club was given suspended points dedu
Hampshire bowler Chris Wood has received a two-month suspended ban following an investigation by the ECB’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU).
Wood admitted to charges relating to a total of nine bets that he placed on cricket matches in 2011 (two bets) and 2016 (seven bets). These actions breached Article 2.2.1 of the relevant ECB Anti-Corruption Codes that were in place at the time.
When contacted
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has imposed a suspended sanction against Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and its T20 captain Dan Christian following a remote disciplinary hearing held on 19 November. The hearing was triggered following five fixed penalties being reached by Nottinghamshire in a 12 month period. All the breaches happened in a five week period during the Vitality Blast in
A Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) Panel has deducted 24 points from Sussex CCC’s final Bob Willis Trophy points total.
Following an incident involving Mitchell Claydon during Sussex CCC’s Bob Willis Trophy match against Middlesex CCC on 23 August, Sussex CCC admitted to breaching ECB Directives 3.3 and 3.7 which state:
3.3 No Participant may conduct themself in a manner or do any act or
Four uncapped players are named in the 15-man squad for the Physical Disabilty World Series
The ECB has charged Joe Clarke and Tom Kohler-Cadmore with bringing the game into disrepute. Each player has been charged with a breach of ECB Directive 3.3. ECB Directive 3.3 states: “No Participant may conduct themself in a manner or do any act or omission at any time which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or any Cricketer or group
Tom Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of the ECB, said:
“We accept the decisions made by the Cricket Discipline Commission and the sanctions they have given to Alex Hales and Ben Stokes.
“Each pleaded guilty, admitted their charges and has accepted their sanctions.
“They will now be available to play for England, with the same support as all of our players.
“Today is a very strong remi
The CDC Disciplinary Panel today announced its decisions in cases brought against Ben Stokes and Alex Hales. The reasons for these decisions will be released in due course.
Both players were charged with two breaches of ECB Directive 3.3. Both players admitted each charge. The Panel held a separate hearing for each player and considered each charge individually.
Alex Hales
In respect o
