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Afridi charged under ICC Code of Conduct
February 08 2007 at 06:43PM [SIZE=+1][/SIZE]Pakistan's Shahid Afridi has been charged under the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Code of Conduct following an incident during the one day international against South Africa at Centurion on Sunday.
Afridi has been charged with a Level 3 offence under section C 2 of the Code which refers to "conduct unbecoming... which could bring (players or officials) or the game of cricket into disrepute."
The charge was laid by ICC chief executive officer Malcolm Speed and relates to an incident which took place after Afridi was dismissed.
As the player walked up a set of stairs towards the dressing room a spectator apparently said something to him and Afridi reacted by appearing to push his bat at the person in an aggressive manner, causing the spectator to take evasive action.
If found guilty of a Level 3 offence, Afridi faces a ban of between two and four Test matches or between four and eight ODIs.
The hearing, to be conducted by Chris Broad, a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, will take place as soon as possible and details of its timing will be released in due course, as will the result.
Until the hearing takes place, Afridi remains available to play for Pakistan.
Speed laid the charge after studying video footage of the incident while in the Caribbean, where he is attending a series of meetings ahead of March's ICC Cricket World Cup.
Under the Code, he is one of four individuals or groups entitled to lay a charge, the others being the umpires, either side's team manager and either side's chief executive officer.
Speed has five days after the close of the play in which to lay a charge; the other people named above have 18 hours to do so. - Sapa
February 08 2007 at 06:43PM [SIZE=+1][/SIZE]Pakistan's Shahid Afridi has been charged under the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Code of Conduct following an incident during the one day international against South Africa at Centurion on Sunday.
Afridi has been charged with a Level 3 offence under section C 2 of the Code which refers to "conduct unbecoming... which could bring (players or officials) or the game of cricket into disrepute."
The charge was laid by ICC chief executive officer Malcolm Speed and relates to an incident which took place after Afridi was dismissed.
As the player walked up a set of stairs towards the dressing room a spectator apparently said something to him and Afridi reacted by appearing to push his bat at the person in an aggressive manner, causing the spectator to take evasive action.
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If found guilty of a Level 3 offence, Afridi faces a ban of between two and four Test matches or between four and eight ODIs.
The hearing, to be conducted by Chris Broad, a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, will take place as soon as possible and details of its timing will be released in due course, as will the result.
Until the hearing takes place, Afridi remains available to play for Pakistan.
Speed laid the charge after studying video footage of the incident while in the Caribbean, where he is attending a series of meetings ahead of March's ICC Cricket World Cup.
Under the Code, he is one of four individuals or groups entitled to lay a charge, the others being the umpires, either side's team manager and either side's chief executive officer.
Speed has five days after the close of the play in which to lay a charge; the other people named above have 18 hours to do so. - Sapa
