Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 233 5 (d) all Relevant Cricket Organisations must decide who has responsibility for conducting the disciplinary process (and that entity will be the Relevant Disciplinary Body under these Regulations) and dealing with appeals (and that entity will be the Appeal Body under these Regulations).ARelevantCricketOrganisationmaydelegateresponsibility toanappropriate Club, League or Recreational Cricket Board in relation to some, or all, categories of cases arising under these Regulations. However, in each case the Relevant Cricket Organisation must ensure that the Relevant Disciplinary Body and the Appeal Body has agreed to accept thatresponsibilityandcomplieswith therequirements in relation to thedisciplinaryand/or appeals process as set out in these Regulations; (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. Where resources allow, a disciplinary secretary should be appointed to deal with the administration of any Disciplinary Panel or Appeal Panel; and (f) all Relevant Cricket Organisations must provide the ECB with any details requested in relation to any disciplinarymatters it has carriedout in accordancewith these Regulations. See Appendix 4, guidance notes 2 and 4 for further information. 4. 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 Recreational Cricket Board’s terms of membership. CONDUCT OBLIGATIONS On and around the field of play 5. Any cricketer will 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 will 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 (a) showing serious dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action; (b) making inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with another cricketer;