• Players and coaches are urged to improve behaviour
David Richardson, chief executive of the ICC, has complained about the amount of cheating and sledging in international cricket and said that players and coaches have to do more to improve behaviour in the sport.
In the MCC’s 2018 Cowdrey Lecture on Monday evening, Richardson said there had lately been too much “ugly behaviour” on and off the field. “Personal abuse, fielders giving send-offs to batsmen who have been dismissed, unnecessary physical contact, players threatening not to play in protest against an umpire’s decision and ball tampering; this isn’t the version of our sport that we want to project to the world.”
Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/06/david-richardson-cowdrey-lecture under the title “Cheating and sledging threaten cricket’s reputation, warns ICC chief”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
