Ridley Jacobs suspended for three ODIs
5 July 2001
West Indian wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs has been suspended for three
One Day Internationals against Kenya, on August 15, 16 and 19 as a
result of an incident during the Coca Cola Cup ODI against India at
Harare on Wednesday. The incident involved a stumping of an Indian
batsman by Jacobs. The television reply showed that Jacobs had stumped
Sehwag whilst the ball was clearly in Jacobs' left hand which was
nowhere near the broken wicket.
According to a press release from the Zimbabwe Cricket Union,
International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Denis Lindsay
convened a hearing involving Jacobs, captain Carl Hooper, coach Roger
Harper and team manager Ricky Skerritt, together with Zimbabwe Cricket
Union CEO, Dave Ellman-Brown.
The match referee found Jacobs guilty of a breach of the Players and
Team Officials Code C2, namely "Players and/or Team Officials shall at
no time engage in conduct unbecoming to their status which could bring
them or the game of cricket into disrepute."
In addition, the match referee found Jacobs guilty of transgressing
the Spirit of Cricket point 5 of the Official ICC Laws of Cricket 2000
Code, namely: "It is against the Spirit of the Game to indulge in
cheating or any sharp practice." The match referee noted that whilst
Jacobs did not claim the stumping, he had more than ample opportunity
to recall batsman Sehwag which he failed to do.
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