Lancashire League Handbook 2024

GENERAL CONDUCT REGULATIONS FOR RECREATIONAL CRICKET 2024 05 (e) all Relevant Cricket Organisations must appoint a Disciplinary Officer, and ensure appropriate contact details for the Disciplinary Officer are made available to allow other Disciplinary Officers to contact them; and (f) all Relevant Cricket Organisations must provide the ECB with any details requested in relation to any disciplinary matters it has carried out in accordance with these Regulations. See Appendix 4, guidance note 2 for further information. 3. Any disciplinary sanctions imposed under these Regulations will be separate to any sanctions imposed under a Participant’s employment contract or any action taken in accordance with a Club, League or County Cricket Board’s terms of membership. CONDUCT OBLIGATIONS On and around the field of play 4. Any cricketer shall be in breach of these Regulations, at the relevant level of offence detailed below, if they do not conduct themselves fairly and properly on and around the field of play and otherwise in accordance with the Laws of Cricket or the Spirit of Cricket. Such conduct which will result in a breach of these Regulations shall include any misconduct of a cricketer on any match day as specified in Law 42 of the Laws of Cricket, namely: LEVEL 1 (a) wilfully mistreating any part of the cricket ground or any equipment or implements used in the match; (b) showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action; (c) using language that, in the circumstances, is obscene, offensive or insulting;. (d) making an obscene gesture; (e) appealing excessively; (f) advancing towards an umpire in an aggressive manner when appealing; and/or (g) any other misconduct, the nature of which is, in the opinion of the umpires, equivalent to a Level 1 offence; or LEVEL 2 (h) showing serious dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action; (i) making inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with another cricketer; (j) throwing the ball at a cricketer, umpire or another person in an inappropriate and dangerous manner; (k) using language or gesture to another cricketer, umpire, team official or spectator that, in the circumstances, is obscene or of a seriously insulting nature; and/or (l) any other misconduct, the nature of which is, in the opinion of the umpires, equivalent to a Level 2 offence; or LEVEL 3 (m) intimidating an umpire by language or gesture; and/or (n) threatening to assault a cricketer or any other person except an umpire; or