14 players receive official reprimands and warnings for breaching Code of Conduct

Dubai, March 15, 2012: official reprimands, Fourteen players from four matches out of the eight played on the opening day of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012, have received an official reprimand and warning each after breaching the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. All the players admitted to the Level 1 breach and accepted the proposed sanction so no hearing was required.

The following players were found to have breached Article 2.1.1 of the code, which relates to ‘Breach of the ICC’s Clothing and Equipment Regulations during an International Match’.

Craig Wallace – Scotland

Hayden Partrizi Dell-Agnello – Italy

Hiren Varaiya – Kenya

Sultan Ahmed – Oman

Qais Bin Khalid Al Said – Oman

Farhan Afzal Khan – Oman

Rajesh Kumar – Oman

Zeeshan Ahmed Siddiqi – Oman

Vaibhav Wategaonkar – Oman

Md Shazad Mohammadi – Afghanistan

Nawroz Mangal – Afghanistan

Md Nabi Eisakhil – Afghanistan

Gulbadin Naib – Afghanistan

Jamie Atkinson – Hong Kong

The players from Italy, Oman, Scotland and Kenya were reprimanded and warned by match referee, David Jukes, while Afghanistan’s players were reprimanded and warned by match referee, Adrian Griffith and match referee Dev Govindjee reprimanded and warned Hong Kong’s Jamie Atkinson.

Jukes commented: “This tournament is a major event for the Associate and Affiliate Members which will lead two of the sides to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012. I hope these reprimands have reminded the various sides about the importance of clothing standards and regulations for all ICC events and may this serve as an education to all the sides involved in the tournament.”

Jukes commented: “This tournament is a major event for the Associate and Affiliate Members which will lead two of the sides to the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012. I hope these reprimands have reminded the various sides about the importance of clothing standards and regulations for all ICC events and may this serve as an education to all the sides involved in the tournament.”

The full text of the ICC Code of Conduct can be found here: http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/rules_and_regulations.php

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