Cricket considers football-style card penalties

The International Cricket Council is considering instituting football's card system to discipline players, according to reports…

The International Cricket Council is considering instituting football's card system to discipline players, according to reports today.

ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed is working on a card system to avert a repeat of the recent crisis in the test series between India and South Africa, according to a report in the Australiannewspaper.

The Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) included the card system in a proposal it submitted to the ACB last May, the newspaper reported.

Under the card system, players would receive a white warning card for low-level breaches, a yellow card signalling a two-hour send off and red card for the worst behaviour, which would result in an automatic send-off for the match.

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Demerit points were also proposed, in which a player who accumulated too many points over a 12-month period would serve an automatic suspension.

AFP