Cheshire Cricket League Handbook 2021

Cheshire Cricket League Disciplinary Regulations 4.4 The accused player or club shall be entitled: • To submit written statements ahead of the hearing • To attend the hearing • To state their case (in the case of a club, by its Secretary or other official) • To be supported by a colleague and to call witnesses. 4.5 If the player or club is to have representation present at the hearing then the details of that representation must be given to the Discipline Chairman not less than 48 hours before the date of the hearing. 4.6 The Hearing shall be conducted by a Disciplinary Panel appointed by the Discipline Chairman and shall consist of not less than three persons and not more than five persons drawn from a list approved by the League’s Management Committee. None of the Panel should be connected with the player, the club or their opponents at the time of the alleged breach, or a club which might directly benefit from any disciplinary action. 4.7 A club or player involved in disciplinary proceedings will be solely responsible for meeting such costs or expenses as it or they may incur, including the cost of any legal or other representation. 4.8 The standard of proof shall be on the ‘balance of probabilities’ rather than the criminal standard of ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. 5. PENALTIES 5.1 As a guideline, the following indicative penalties should be expected to be imposed for any complaint referred and, if appropriate, proved at a disciplinary hearing. The higher end of the tariff band is most likely to be reserved for serial offences/offenders: • Level 1: (Level One Discipline Offence- 'LIDO') Automatic 2 week suspension on third LIDO in two seasons. • Level 1: (Non- LIDO) 1 to 6 weeks suspension. • Level 2: 2 to 8 weeks suspension. • Level 3: 4 to 10 weeks suspension. • Level 4: A minimum of 10 weeks suspension. These sanctions apply to all cricket played under the auspices of ECB. Suspensions will be imposed in weeks (seven days) commencing midnight Friday to midnight Friday. 5.2 Where applicable, penalties will be carried over to apply in the following season. 5.3 Where the complaint is not referred to a Disciplinary Hearing, repeated infringements, listed on umpires reports, by an individual player or by a Club may still result in additional penalties as laid out in 5.4 below. 128