Cicket Cards : Red And Yellow

Cricket is known as The gentlemen's game but now it has been replaced by compitative  cricket which introduced whooping sixex , swinging yorker , ultimated aggresion  still majority of games has been played in fair and spiritual manner .

But in recent times there were some cases on the field such as brawl between wicketkeeper jason anderson and opposition batsmen in champions of champions final match on sept22 ,2015 and 5 matches are abandoned in UK in 2015, following outbreaks of violence, which is not expected in cricket.

MCC, the Guardian of the Laws of Cricket, is to trial new on-field sanctions including penalty runs and the removal of players from the field in an attempt to arrest declining standards of player behaviour.


Leagues, schools and MCC Universities in the UK are being invited to take part in the trials this summer, with a variety of different suggested sanctions available for umpires to use.

MCC has used the ECB’s Code of Conduct Levels of 1 to 4 as a guide to what behaviour constitutes what level of breach, with some minor alterations, but is also encouraging flexibility in order to gain a broad range of feedback.

The trials are part of a thorough review of the Laws of Cricket being undertaken by the Club with a view to publishing a new Code of the Laws (the first since 2000) in October 2017.

MCC's guidelines to Umpires for trial sanctions

Level 4 offences:

(a) threatening an umpire or referee;

(b) physical assault of another player, umpire, referee, official or spectator;

(c) any act of violence on the field of play;

(d) using  language  or  gesture  that  seriously  offends, insults,  humiliates,  intimidates,  threatens, disparages or vilifies another person on the basis of that person's race,  religion  or  belief,  colour,  descent,  national  or ethnic origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation or background.


Trial sanctions:

• Player is sent off the field for the remainder of the match.  If he refuses to go, the captain will be warned that it would constitute a refusal to play.
• Additional 5 run penalty and report
• If it is a batsman who committed the offence, he is Retired out; and if 9 wickets are down, his team are all out.
• Umpires instruct captain to remove player, or vice-captain/senior player if it is the captain who is the offender.

• NB If the captain is already suspended, then his nominated deputy on the field is to be used.

Level 3 offences:

(a) intimidating an umpire or referee;

(b) threatening to assault another player, team official or spectator;

(c)using language or gesture that offends, insults, humiliates, intimidates, threatens, disparages or vilifies another  person  on  the  basis  of  that  person's  race, religion  or  belief,  colour,  descent,  national  or  ethnic origin,  age,  disability,  gender,  sexual  orientation  or background;

(d) deliberately bowling a high full pitched ball which is deemed dangerous and unfair as defined in Law 42.6(b).


Trial sanctions:

• Player is sent off for 10 overs of playing time or 20% of that innings’ overs, whichever is fewer.
• Any unexpired penance time is carried forward to next innings.
• Additional 5 run penalty and report.
• If a fielder, he can bowl immediately upon his return.
• If a batsman, he is Retired not out, and if 9 wickets are down his team is all out. He may return at the fall of the next wicket after his suspension has been fully served or if one of the current batsmen is Retired out.
• Umpires instruct captain to remove player, or vice-captain/senior player if captain is the offender.

Level 2 offences:

(a) showing serious dissent at an umpire's decision by word or action;

(b) inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players in the course of play;

(c) deliberate distraction or obstruction of another player on the field of play, regardless as to whether such conduct is deemed unfair under Law 42.5;

(d) throwing the ball at or near a player, umpire or official in an inappropriate and dangerous manner;

(e) using language or gesture that is obscene or of a serious insulting nature to another player, umpire, referee, team official or spectator;

(f) causing avoidable damage to the pitch that results in a 5 run penalty being awarded under Laws 42.13 and/or 42.14.

Trial sanctions:

This process would be tottaly  led by umpires .
The umpires must agree, and report all incidents in the post-match report.

• Immediate 5 penalty runs on first and all subsequent occasions.

Level 1 offences:

(a) time wasting by either the fielding side or the batting side which results in a 5 run penalty or the bowler being disallowed from bowling any further in that innings.

(b) abuse of cricket ground, equipment or fixtures/fittings;

(c) showing dissent  at  an  umpire's  decision  by  word or action;

(d) using language  that  is  obscene,  offensive  or  insulting and/or making an obscene gesture;

(e) excessive appealing;

(f) charging or advancing towards an umpire in an aggressive manner when appealing.

Trial sanctions:

This process would be tottaly  led by umpires .
The umpires must agree, and report all incidents in the post-match report.

• First and final warning to Captain, which applies to all members of that team throughout the match.

5 penalty runs on all subsequent occasions.