PCB issues gag orders in new code of conduct for players

October 4th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The Australian team was fined for slow over-rate during their nine-wicket victory over England in Friday's Champions Trophy semi-final at the Centurion. The International Cricket Council's (ICC) match referee Jeff Crowe fined Ricky Ponting's side after it was found two overs short at the end of the match.

September 28th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - New Zealands opening batsman Jesse Ryder has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct during the match Sri Lanka here Sunday. Ryder pleaded guilty to contravening Level 1.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials in a hearing convened by Match Referee Javagal Srinath.

September 28th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Sri Lanka were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 38-run loss to New Zealand in the Champions Trophy at the Wanderers here Sunday. Match Referee Javagal Srinath imposed the fines after Kumar Sangakkaras side was ruled to be two overs short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration.

September 28th, 2009 CENTURION - The England team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 22-run victory over South Africa in the Champions Trophy at the SuperSport Park here Sunday. Match Referee Roshan Mahanama imposed the fines after Andrew Strausss side was ruled to be one over short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration.

August 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's cricketers applauded the BCCI's stance this week to remove themselves from the World Anti Drug Agency's strict anti-doping code, and the Australian Cricketers' Association declared that it wanted an end to the controversial new code because it was too intrusive. Under the code, athletes must declare to WADA three months in advance where they will be for an hour each day.

August 2nd, 2009 Indian cricket rejects WADA codeMUMBAI, India — World cricket's adoption of the World Anti-Doping Agency agreement has been sidetracked by India's rejection of a clause governing notification of players' whereabouts when they are not competing. Acting on its players' complaints, India's cricket board balked on Sunday at the section of the WADA agreement that requires players to say where they will be for three months in advance to allow random testing when they are not playing.

August 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - After India cricket board's rejection of the controversial "whereabouts" clause of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the International Cricket Council (ICC) board will now have to find a way forward. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sunday rejected the controversial anti-doping clause that makes it mandatory for players to make themselves available for out-of-competition tests.

August 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sunday rejected the controversial anti-doping clause of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that makes it mandatory for players to make themselves available for out of competition tests. BCCI strongly backed the players, saying that the "whereabouts" clause is an "invasion into the privacy of an individual".

August 1st, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricketers are not worried by the International Cricket Council's (ICC) WADA anti-doping clause, according to which players must inform the ICC about their expected whereabouts in advance. The new WADA code requires players to inform the ICC three months in advance a location and time that they will be available each day (between 6 am and 11 pm) in that quarter for testing.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the Indian cricket board's meeting with the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sunday to sort out the players' concerns over anti-doping norms, the Federation of International Cricketer's Association (FICA) has made it clear that ICC, as things stand, cannot exempt any country from the mandatory WADA code. "If the whereabouts provisions do not apply to all players from all countries then it should not be applied at all," FICA chief executive officer (CEO)Tim May told IANS.

July 29th, 2009 DOMINICA - West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach and captain Floyd Reifer have been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct following hearings in Dominica yesterday. Both players were charged with Level 1 offences under clause C1 of the code, which states "Players and/or Team Officials shall at all times conduct play within the spirit of the game as well as within the Laws of Cricket and the captains are responsible at all times for ensuring that that this is adhered to." The duo both pleaded guilty to the charges and ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama of the Emirates Elite Panel handed Roach a 10-per-cent fine and Reifer an official reprimand.

July 28th, 2009 KARACHI - Controversial Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is in no mood to lose his war against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), as he has decided to reply to board's show cause notice. Sources close to Akhtar said he will send a reply through his lawyer and will ask the board for evidence backing the charge of breaking the PCB code of conduct levelled against him.

July 22nd, 2009 DUBAI - Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria has been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct following a hearing in Colombo yesterday. Kaneria was charged under Level 1.4 of the code, which refers to "using language that is obscene, offensive or insulting" during the second day of the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka.

July 17th, 2009 BARBADOS - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has come down hard on rebel players by suspending their retainership contracts and asked them to reply within ten days why they breached the board's code of conduct by boycotting the first Test against Bangladesh. The West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) was also quick to react Thursday and said that the players could not breach contractual obligations because they had not entered into an agreement with the WICB.

May 27th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would not conduct any dope tests on its players ahead of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, which starts in England from June 5. PCB officials said the board has already alerted players regarding the use of the certain prohibited substances, so it did not consider it necessary to conduct the tests.