Cricket to use yellow and red cards

[SunTzu]

Cape Town - Is cricket set to follow rugby and cricket by introducing yellow and red cards?

It appears so, and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is set to introduce a trial that will look at bringing in yellow and red cards into "club, university and schools cricket to stamp out excessive sledging and curb the increase of violent behaviour."

A report published in the Telegraph by English journalist Nick Hoult says that players could also be 'sin-binned' for 10 overs, while offences more serious could see a player removed from play for the remainder of the match.

A batsman also faced the possibility of being "retired out" if he stepped too far out of line.

The least serious offences would see a team penalised by five runs.

The MCC confirmed that they would be trialing the system this coming season at a university level.

The article adds that five cricket matches in England last year were abandoned due to violence.

Source: http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/cricket-to-use-yellow-and-red-cards-20160210

 

[Convict]

So it's for acts of violence like a player punching another player in the face or something?

 

[street cricketer]

Terrible idea.

 

[SunTzu]

So it's for acts of violence like a player punching another player in the face or something?

Dunno. I didn't even know cricket could get violent. Must be a bunch of hooligans in England playing cricket lol.

 

[kingusama92]

Don't agree with runs being docked.

Keep it like football.

Yellow for warning and red for ejection.

Red would only appear for physical abuse or excessive sledging despite warnings from the umpire.

It rarely happens though.

 

[JaDed]

Proposals include sending off a player for the rest of the match for the most serious level-four offences, such as threatening an umpire, assaulting a player, official or spectator, and racist abuse. If it is a batsman, he will be “retired out”

For a level-three offence, such as threatening and intimidating behaviour, or bowling a deliberate beamer, suggested sanctions include 10 overs in the sin-bin.

Lesser offences, including time-wasting, dissent or deliberate physical contact, such as shoulder-barging, would bring an immediate five-run penalty.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/12149077/cricketers-sin-bin-discipline-crackdown-red-yellow-card.html

Example give is off Miandad and Lille lol.

 

[sarfarazrules]

This is what's needed for Australia matches. great players but fail to play in the spirit of the game. Bunch of bullies tbh.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Great concept.Will be interesting to see if and how it will be applied.

 

[aniket1911]

Not sure if great idea.
If you weed out sledging altogether, then it will harm cricket more.

As for excessive sledging, we already have third umpires/match referees to punish players who do it excessively. So what's new about this.

 

[StreetSmart]

So Kohli will be red carded in every single match

 

[Syed1]

Soon you will have half the Aussie side in the sin-bin

 

[shaz619]

This will only add more fuel to the fire, I don't think this system is necessary. Sledging is a part of the game as are displays of aggression which is pretty natural at times, red/yellow cards even for minor offences will cause some bs controversy which hinders the game.

 

[Convict]

This will only add more fuel to the fire, I don't think this system is necessary. Sledging is a part of the game as are displays of aggression which is pretty natural at times, red/yellow cards even for minor offences will cause some bs controversy which hinders the game.

It's not getting introduced for any sledging beyond really serious racial stuff.

Don't expect this to ever get applied in any international match

 

[shaz619]

It's not getting introduced for any sledging beyond really serious racial stuff.

Don't expect this to ever get applied in any international match

That's the thing, what will the limits be? it's all going to be subjective and we don't a situation where a player says "boo" and gets a red card. That's why it's best we don't bring in these cards. Players who are racist can still be punished, the card system is not necessary on any level.

 

[Junaids]

Cricket needs red cards before someone ends up dead

Yes, I realise that sounds dramatic.

But consider this. Professional footballers routinely marry people with far more colourful pasts than cricketers - think of a certain Leicester City WAG.

But never in a million years would this - or any other sledging - occur on a football field. Because as the Patrice Evra/ Luis Suarez incident showed, players will face lengthy suspensions or red cards or both if they do that. And their team will be damaged by the consequences of being under-strength.

David Warner’s wife has a past which includes the same youthful indiscretions as 90% of Aussie women born in the 1980’s. But thanks to cricket’s refusal to tackle sledging in a serious fashion, she is now humiliated for it when she is a wife and mother.

Sooner or later there will be a high profile suicide or assault because of this.

We all chuckle at the funny side of sledging - the Eddo Brandes or Daryl Cullinan stories.

But the Sarwan and De Kock cases occurred because McGrath and Warner were used to getting away with bullying and intimidation which football would never tolerate, and they exploded when their opponents crossed an imaginary line.

I’m disappointed that the De Kock and Warner charged were set at Levels 1 and 2 and won’t even lead to a ban. I’d have made both Level 3 and banned both players for the rest of the series.

Because if cricket doesn’t stamp out this bullying behaviour, innocent people are going to get hurt.

 

[ManFan]

Yeah. Find a way to make Test cricket even less exciting. This is not 1902 when cricket is a sport played by the most noble paragons of societal manners. Let them say whatever they want as long as it does not result in a physical confrontation. The other team is not forbidden from sledging. AUS sledged a lot more abuse and hatred to the WI in 75’. The WI responded with a series win and words of menace. That kept Test cricket alive between the two for 20+ years, didn’t it?

 

[in_cutter]

Not dramatic at all. Jeez

 

[KingKhanWC]

Sledging has been going on since day 1 but they personal level we see today has crossed the line imo.

Cricket is a sport where you can't just run away from a personal sledge if you're batting. The aim of any sport should be have deserved winners due to their skills and performance in the match, not because one player used foul language against anothers mother,sister or wife which broke the opposition players concentration.

I agree with the OP, the umpires should send off any idiots who continue with offensive personal abuse once warned.

 

[Savak]

Not at all. Players should be allowed to mouth off against each other. Only adds to the excitement of the game. Not everyone playing the game has to be like Misbah ul Haq.

 

[IndianFan2018]

Want to make cricketers sissies ! Waste of time

 

[ipl_fan]

Usual hyperbole from [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION]. Drop dead. Talk about exaggeration.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

......... Jeez talk about a hyperbole......

 

[hadi123]

These cricketers aren't idiots. Sledging is more mental than anything else. No player is really gonna do anything violent let alone kill someone.

 

[Dingolfy]

These cricketers aren't idiots. Sledging is more mental than anything else. No player is really gonna do anything violent let alone kill someone.

This. And Warner would certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to do that in South Africa where even the big Symmonds was scared to go out.There is a reason why people have tall walls with barbed wires there. They would smoke him in the stadium itself had he touched one of their own.

 

[big_gamer007]

This. And Warner would certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to do that in South Africa where even the big Symmonds was scared to go out.There is a reason why people have tall walls with barbed wires there. They would smoke him in the stadium itself had he touched one of their own.

He did punch root didn’t he? Seems like he has poor self control and lack of brains.. You never know with these sort of people they don’t think of consequences when they indulge in fights and are prone to throw punches..

 

[Gabbar Singh]

This was from 2016 - I assume it didn't happen?

A red-card penalty is set to be introduced into the Laws of Cricket for the first time.

The MCC, custodian of the laws, will receive a recommendation from its world cricket committee to give umpires the power to send off a player in the most extreme cases of on-field breaches of discipline.

The move, which will apply to all levels of competition from Test to village green, is expected to come into effect as of next October.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/red-cards-mcc-laws-of-cricket-a7460246.html

 

[Hasan123]

No don't want to see this.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

OMG

Suicide because of sledging? When people do suicide they have much deeper issues then some insult thrown at girlfriend/wifes.

Relax dude.

And football don't have red cards because it want to prevent suicides.

 

[shokz1408]

I don't want to see it. But imagine the effects it would have on the game, the bowling team in front, a bowler gets a red card for the match Can't bat, bowl, field or have a substitute. That would make a substantial difference to the game.

 

[Abhilash93]

Cricket is a very different ball game. An individual who is batting or bowling remains in the spotlight for an extended period of time as against football. The dynamics are totally different in football where a particular player has the ball for a few seconds at a time. There is much more of an individual battle between the batsman and bowler within the greater team battle, like say a Warner vs Rabada. Also, a fielder who is stationed at the boundary is in close proximity to the crowd for longer duration than a football player ever would.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

After all this time this is the closest we have come to a full-on physical fight





What we need is for players to stop being sensitive bullies, that's starts with respective management

I personally don't like sledging, I agree with Curtly Ambrose who was always against it and PM Turnbull who hasn't recently said it should stop. However, I know that's unrealistic.

 

[The_Odd_One]

May be a time out for an hour. Anything more like a complete removal from the match will make the match one sided.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Warner forced Bancroft to tamper the ball because the sledging about his wife got to him.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

ICC to consider heavy sanctions, football-style red and yellow cards to bring back 'culture of respect' to cricketCricket's world body said Thursday it wants tough new sanctions against ball tampering in place within months as it struggles with the fallout from the cheating scandal involving top Australian players.

https://www.firstpost.com/firstcric...ck-culture-of-respect-to-cricket-4447141.html

 

[Smbhayi]

https://www.firstpost.com/firstcric...ck-culture-of-respect-to-cricket-4447141.html

oh man I hate that site.

 

[Asch Ali]

Nah we are not babies!!

Personally I’d love to see Hasan Ali knocking out Ben Stokes on the field!! A+ entertainment!!

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Does the World Cup need yellow and red cards? (To save lives of course)?

 

[msb314]

Should Cricket also adopt Red / Yellow Cards?

Let’s face it - too much indiscipline with players nowadays such as shouting at umpires, players or even stump mic

Final determination of a yellow card or red card should be at the discretion of an umpire but the dynamics would work just like soccer. Once a player is shown a red - he / she cannot bowl or field for the rest of the game and if batting he / she obviously has to go back to the pavilion for the next player to come bat.

 

[Savak]

What Kohli needs is a Mike Tyson punch in the face. I hope and pray that one opposing cricketer gives it to him.

 

[Ashmal]

Cricket already has rules for poor behaviour....the problem is the double standards of ICC which allows Indian players a free pass.

 

[U$ofA]

What Kohli needs is a Mike Tyson punch in the face. I hope and pray that one opposing cricketer gives it to him.

Well we can rule out players from Aus, Eng, WI, SA and NZ. They are very cozy with Indian players. That leaves SL, BD and Pak. I guess it will have to be one from Pakistan.

 

[U$ofA]

Cricket already has rules for poor behaviour....the problem is the double standards of ICC which allows Indian players a free pass.

Wonder why that is. Could it by any chance be utter greed and selfishness on the part of the ICC?

 

[msb314]

Cricket already has rules for poor behaviour....the problem is the double standards of ICC which allows Indian players a free pass.

This rules punish player after the match is completed.

What rules are in place to punish a player during a game?

 

[Zaz]

Let’s face it - too much indiscipline with players nowadays such as shouting at umpires, players or even stump mic

Final determination of a yellow card or red card should be at the discretion of an umpire but the dynamics would work just like soccer. Once a player is shown a red - he / she cannot bowl or field for the rest of the game and if batting he / she obviously has to go back to the pavilion for the next player to come bat.

Whos going to issue these cards? The officials are too scared of the indians as are the ICC

 

[Saj]

This has to be discussed.

However the officials need to have some guts to produce these cards.

If they are too scared of Boards and some players, then the same players and teams will be the only ones that get punished.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

No, we’ll end up seeing the likes of Shaheen and Babar getting red cards ahead of an Indo-Pak game.

Our faith in ICC is equivalent to Indians faith in Super Sport.

 

[Ball Blazer]

Tshepo Ntuli got into a scuffle with Ripon Mondol during a four-day match between Bangladesh Emerging Team and South Africa Emerging Team in Dhaka on Wednesday. The match officials however are yet to take any immediate action as the protocol requires the on-field umpires to submit an official report before any sanctions can be announced.

The incident occurred after Ripon struck Ntuli for a straight six. As he walked over to his batting partner Mehidy Hasan, Ripon appeared to exchange glances with Ntuli, who then charged towards him.

The two players first shoved each other before Ntuli pulled Ripon's helmet. Umpire Kamruzzaman tried to intervene but Ntuli tugged at the helmet again, before the umpire managed to separate them. On-looking South Africa Emerging players didn't stop Ntuli, with couple of the them also appearing to charge toward Ripon, who had by then removed his helmet. The scuffle drew sharp reactions from the TV commentators.

 

[Ball Blazer]

Tshepo Ntuli got into a scuffle with Ripon Mondol during a four-day match between Bangladesh Emerging Team and South Africa Emerging Team in Dhaka on Wednesday. The match officials however are yet to take any immediate action as the protocol requires the on-field umpires to submit an official report before any sanctions can be announced.

The incident occurred after Ripon struck Ntuli for a straight six. As he walked over to his batting partner Mehidy Hasan, Ripon appeared to exchange glances with Ntuli, who then charged towards him.

The two players first shoved each other before Ntuli pulled Ripon's helmet. Umpire Kamruzzaman tried to intervene but Ntuli tugged at the helmet again, before the umpire managed to separate them. On-looking South Africa Emerging players didn't stop Ntuli, with couple of the them also appearing to charge toward Ripon, who had by then removed his helmet. The scuffle drew sharp reactions from the TV commentators.

The ICC proposal to introduce yellow and red cards in cricket aimed to deter dissent, sledging, and violent conduct through immediate on-field sanctions. Under this system, a yellow card would serve as a warning for abusive language or unsporting behavior, with repeat offenses or serious misconduct warranting a red card, resulting in immediate expulsion from the game and potential suspension. This would also allow umpires to regain direct control over player behavior in real time, rather than relying solely on post-match reports and disciplinary committees.

Applying this to the recent South Africa vs Bangladesh Emerging Test incident, Tshepo Ntuli’s aggressive conduct, charging Ripon Mondol, shoving, and forcibly pulling his helmet, clearly qualifies as a red-card offense under the proposed system. The act was not only violent but also endangered player safety and disrupted the spirit of the game. If the red card rule had been in effect, Ntuli could have been immediately sent off, leaving South Africa a player short, and setting a firm precedent against physical altercations. This real-time deterrent would send a strong message that such behavior has no place in cricket, potentially preventing escalation and protecting the integrity of the match.

 

[sweep_shot]

Would love to see yellow cards and red cards in cricket.

For example, what Kohli did to Konstas should've been a red card.

 

[Major]

A bit dumb.

These cards exist in football due to it being a fast paced sport.

Cricket is too much if a nice sport already.