Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 234 6 (c) throwing the ball at or near a cricketer, umpire or another person in an inappropriate and dangerous manner; (d) 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 (e) any other misconduct, the nature of which is, in the opinion of the umpires, equivalent to a Level 2 offence; or Level 3 (a) intimidating an umpire by language or gesture; and/or (b) threatening to assault a cricketer or any other person except an umpire; or Level 4 (a) threatening to assault an umpire; (b) making inappropriate and deliberate and/or dangerous physical contact with an umpire; (c) physically assaulting a cricketer or any other person; and/or (d) committing any other act of violence. 6. A cricketer will also be in breach of these Regulations on and around the field of play if they: (a) commit any breach of Law 41 of the Laws of Cricket ( Unfair Play ); or (b) act in a manner contrary to the ECB’s Anti-Discrimination Regulations; or (c) conduct themselves in a manner or act in a manner which is improper, or which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket, or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or any cricketer or group of cricketers into disrepute. 7. Any coach, match official or Club Official will be in breach of these Regulations if they fail to conduct themselves fairly and properly at any part of the cricket ground on any match day. Conduct which is not fair and proper and will therefore result in a breach of these Regulations will include, but not be limited to: (a) making inappropriate and deliberate and/or dangerous physical contact with, threatening to assault, physically assaulting or committing any act of violence towards any other Participant (including an umpire) or any member of the public; (b) showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by language or gesture, advancing towards an umpire in an aggressive manner when appealing or intimidating an umpire by language or gesture; (c) using language that, in the circumstances, is obscene, offensive, insulting or seriously insulting; (d) making an obscene or seriously insulting gesture; (e) conducting themselves in a manner or acting in amanner which is improper, or which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket, or which may bring the ECB, the game of cricket or any cricketer or group of cricketers into disrepute; and/or (f) acting in a manner contrary to the ECB’s Anti-Discrimination Regulations. See Appendix 4, guidance notes 3 and A for further information.