{"id":33014,"date":"2017-02-04T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33014"},"modified":"2017-02-04T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T16:31:07","slug":"icc-threatens-ban-for-substandard-pitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33014","title":{"rendered":"ICC threatens ban for substandard pitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-17036\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cricket-gen1_0903getty_630.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"cricket gen1 0903getty 630\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cricket-gen1_0903getty_630.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cricket-gen1_0903getty_630-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Dubai: The <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1522-international-cricket-council\">International Cricket Council<\/a><\/strong> (ICC) on Saturday threatened to suspend a venue for two years if it accumulated 10 demerit points for substandard pitches and outfields during international matches.<\/p>\n<p>The ICC in its three-day meeting agreed to the changes made to the pitch and outfield monitoring process, which stated that venues and boards should be more accountable for the standard of pitches and outfields they present for international matches.<\/p>\n<p>It also stated that there should be consequences for a venue if it presents conditions that make it unsafe for an international match to proceed, without mitigating circumstances or regularly presents substandard conditions for international cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was agreed that a system of demerit points be introduced, similar to the new Code of Conduct System as per the table below. Demerit points will remain active for a rolling five year period,&#8221; the global body said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When a venue accumulates five demerit points its ICC accreditation will be suspended for a period of 12 months. Should a venue reach 10 points its accreditation will be suspended for 24 months,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"cricket-news\/44180-new-bcci-brass-opposes-icc-s-changes-in-financial-model\">New BCCI brass opposes ICC&#8217;s changes in financial model<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ICC also proposed that the top nine Test-playing countries will compete among themselves in a rolling two-year league and against the three lower-ranked teams.<\/p>\n<p>Those three would comprise Zimbabwe, with Ireland and Afghanistan also in line to become full Test members provided, the ICC said, they met &#8220;membership criteria&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a 13-team One-day International league would be run over a three-year period leading to qualification for the 2023 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are also in place for a regional Twenty20 competition structure to be developed as a pathway to qualification for the ICC World T20<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executives&#8217; Committee agreed to the principle of consistent use of DRS technology across all international cricket. A full implementation plan will be considered by the ICC Cricket Committee in May before approval in June 2017 for roll-out from October 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-17036\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cricket-gen1_0903getty_630.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"cricket gen1 0903getty 630\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cricket-gen1_0903getty_630.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cricket-gen1_0903getty_630-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Dubai: The <strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1522-international-cricket-council\">International Cricket Council<\/a><\/strong> (ICC) on Saturday threatened to suspend a venue for two years if it accumulated 10 demerit points for substandard pitches and outfields during international matches.<\/p>\n<p>The ICC in its three-day meeting agreed to the changes made to the pitch and outfield monitoring process, which stated that venues and boards should be more accountable for the standard of pitches and outfields they present for international matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4744,466,830],"class_list":["post-33014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-international-cricket-council"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICC threatens ban for substandard pitches - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICC threatens ban for substandard pitches - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday threatened to suspend a venue for two years if it accumulated 10 demerit points for substandard pitches and outfields during international matches. 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