Dubai, 26 June 2008Punishment lifted from Level 2 because of repeat offence within 12 months
England captain Paul Collingwood has been found guilty of a Level 3 ICC Code of Conduct breach following his side’s failure to bowl its overs in the required time during the ODI against New Zealand at The Oval, London on Wednesday.
A Level 3 offence carries with it a minimum tariff of a ban of four ODIs or two Test matches – or a combination of the two forms of the game – and the player will meet with Emirates Elite Panel ICC Match Referee Javagal Srinath on Thursday afternoon where his punishment will be determined.
A deficit of more than two overs in a ODI brings with it an automatic Level 2 charge against the captain involved, but if that captain has already been charged and found guilty of the offence within the preceding 12 months then the charge is elevated to Level 3.
The previous occasion within that time period that England was more than two overs short of its required over-rate was against India in Bristol on 24 August last year. On that occasion the team was, as at The Oval on Wednesday, three overs down and Collingwood was fined 50 per cent of his match fee.
The regulations also state that players shall be docked five per cent of their match fees for every over short of the required mark, with the captain fined double.
This means that each England player will be fined 15 per cent of his match fee for the deficit but Collingwood is set to escape a financial penalty as his punishment is set to come in the form of the ban.
The offence under which Collingwood was charged is contained within section J 5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Officials which relates to slow over-rates.
The full ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Officials can be found at
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.com/about-icc/rules-regulations.html
A player found guilty of a Level 2, 3 or 4 offence has a right of appeal. Such an appeal must be lodged in writing with the ICC’s legal counsel within 24 hours of the player receiving the original verdict.
The charge was laid by all four umpires – the on-field officials Steve Davis and Mark Benson, television umpire Richard Kettleborough and fourth official Peter Hartley.
All four umpires were present at the hearing, along with the player, England Team Operations Manager Phil Neale and Coach Peter Moores.
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