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The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is unhappy with a judicial commissioner’s decision to clear the England fast bowler James Anderson of a code of conduct breach and has written to the sport’s governing body to express disappointment. | |
Anderson and India’s Ravindra Jadeja were involved in a verbal altercation during the first Test at Trent Bridge last month and media reports suggested the heated dispute continued after they left the field. | Anderson and India’s Ravindra Jadeja were involved in a verbal altercation during the first Test at Trent Bridge last month and media reports suggested the heated dispute continued after they left the field. |
Both players were found not guilty after a six-hour video conference hearing on Friday and, under the rules, only the International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive, Dave Richardson, can appeal against the commissioner’s verdict. | |
“What we have done is we’ve written a letter to the ICC saying we are not happy with the verdict,” the BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told Reuters, denying the game’s most powerful board had requested Richardson to appeal. | |
“We don’t have a right to appeal in this case,” Patel added. | “We don’t have a right to appeal in this case,” Patel added. |
ICC officials were not immediately available for comment on this issue which could have resulted in a four-Test ban for Anderson, England’s second-highest ever wicket taker, if a guilty verdict had been returned. | ICC officials were not immediately available for comment on this issue which could have resulted in a four-Test ban for Anderson, England’s second-highest ever wicket taker, if a guilty verdict had been returned. |
The fourth Test of the five-match series starts at Old Trafford on Thursday with the teams tied at 1-1. |