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Jimmy Anderson to face hearing over Ravindra Jadeja spat on 1 August | |
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The England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson will face a disciplinary hearing on Friday 1 August over allegations he pushed and abused the India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja for which, if proved, he faces a four-Test ban. | |
Anderson was charged with misconduct after the pair exchanged words as they left the pitch during the second day of the first Test at Trent Bridge. | |
The India all-rounder was charged with a lesser offence which carries a potential ban of one Test. | |
The International Cricket Council set up a teleconference for a preliminary hearing involving the two players on Tuesday with the appointed judicial commissioner Gordon Lewis, Australia’s representative on its code of conduct commission. | |
Lewis was also the commissioner when Australia’s David Warner was suspended after attacking Joe Root in a bar in Birmingham. | Lewis was also the commissioner when Australia’s David Warner was suspended after attacking Joe Root in a bar in Birmingham. |
The preliminary hearing had to take place, as stipulated in ICC protocol, as soon as practicably possible which was the day after the second Test ended at Lord’s, where England collapsed to a defeat by India. | The preliminary hearing had to take place, as stipulated in ICC protocol, as soon as practicably possible which was the day after the second Test ended at Lord’s, where England collapsed to a defeat by India. |
The ICC said the meeting was attended by “representatives of Anderson and the ECB and their legal counsel, the ICC’s ethics and regulatory lawyer, and representatives of the BCCI and their legal counsel”. | |
It added that “David Boon of the Emirates elite panel of ICC match referees will hold the hearing of Ravindra Jadeja. Details of this hearing are being worked out and will be announced in due course.” | It added that “David Boon of the Emirates elite panel of ICC match referees will hold the hearing of Ravindra Jadeja. Details of this hearing are being worked out and will be announced in due course.” |
Anderson’s hearing will take place after the third Test against India at Southampton which means he could miss his home Test at Old Trafford. |