Shifty's ban is extended

16/02/18

Former Derbyshire all-rounder Shiv Thakor has been banned for six months by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

It follows his conviction in November of two sexual exposure charges.

Thakor, 24, pleaded guilty to bringing the game into disrepute at an ECB Cricket Discipline Commission hearing.

He will be unable to play cricket from April to June, but the remaining three months of the ban will be suspended pending completion of his court-imposed community order.

The ban applies to any cricket played "under the auspices of the ECB".

Thakor was sacked by Derbyshire after he was found guilty of exposing himself to two women.

He was given a three-year community order and put on the sex offenders' register for five years, although he is to appeal against his conviction.

An ECB statement said: "The CDC panel took into account Mr Thakor's guilty plea to the ECB charge, his undertaking to complete his community order, and the period of suspension imposed by Derbyshire CCC which he had already served.

"In reaching its sentencing decision, the panel also took into account that clear reputational damage had been done to the game due to widespread adverse publicity as well as the nature of Mr Thakor's criminal conviction."

24/11/17

A professional cricketer has been placed on the sex offenders' register for five years for exposing himself to two women on a housing estate.

Shiv Thakor, 24, exposed himself through a "gap" in his jogging bottoms near Mackworth, Derbyshire, on 12 and 19 June.

Thakor was convicted of sexual exposure on 16 November.

He was also given a three-year community order and ordered to pay over £1,000 in costs.

Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard the actions of Thakor, labelled as "Shifty Shiv" by one of the victims, caused "distress" to the two women.

21/11/17

Derbyshire have sacked all-rounder Shiv Thakor after he was found guilty of two sexual exposure charges.

The 24-year-old was found guilty last week of exposing himself to two women on a housing estate near Mackworth, Derbyshire in June.

A Derbyshire statement said: "The club expects the highest standards of behaviour from its staff and is opposed to sexual harassment in any form.

"Thakor's contract has been terminated with immediate effect."

Thakor will be sentenced on Friday.

16/11/17
A professional cricketer has been found guilty of exposing himself to two women on a housing estate.

Derbyshire player Shiv Thakor, 24, was arrested in July over two offences near Mackworth, Derbyshire, on 12 and 19 June.

He exposed himself to one woman as she bent down to pick paper up from a printer, the court heard.

Thakor, of Richardson Way, Derby, was convicted of two sexual exposure charges.

Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court heard Thakor's actions caused "distress" to the two women.

The cricketer, who had previously played for England at under-19 level, had been jogging around a housing estate before he exposed himself to one of the women, the court heard.

The first victim, who labelled him "Shifty Shiv", claimed Mr Thakor "aroused" himself outside a property before exposing himself through a "gap" in his trousers.

She told the court: "I bent down to get some paper from the printer. I just put my head down and carried on with my work."

The woman said she believed Mr Thakor was aware he was exposing himself.

The second woman said Thakor stopped outside the property a week later and exposed himself while she was on the telephone.

She told the court: "He had his back to me, I thought he was trying to get himself aroused. I thought in a minute he would go away."

Orla Daly, defending, suggested to both witnesses that they had simply "got it wrong".

Giving evidence, Thakor said: "I have got a tendency, that is almost a running joke, that I tend to rearrange myself both at the front and back during games.

"I've never exposed myself, it's not something I would ever do."

Derbyshire County Cricket Club said in a statement it expects the "highest standards" of behaviour of its players and is opposed to sexual harassment in any form.

However, it said Thakor will remain suspended on full pay while the club reviews the case.

In court, district judge Andrew Meachin said: "I am satisfied that you did intentionally expose yourself and I find you guilty of both charges."

Thakor will be sentenced on 24 November.

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Boys Banned from Out Grounds in Future

All counties warned about use of out grounds before mid-May and in September

Derbyshire have escaped punishment over the loss of their entire rain-hit four-day County Championship match with Kent at Chesterfield in September.

The England and Wales Cricket Board's Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) have merely cautioned the county.

But the CDC has advised all first-class counties in future not to use out-grounds before mid-May or in September.

The game was moved to Chesterfield as the County Ground, Derby, had hosted a Boyzone concert the previous Saturday.

But Derbyshire's temporary move from their Derby home backfired when bad weather left the Queen's Park outfield waterlogged, eventually leading to a complete abandonment.

In the immediate wake of the washed-out Kent game, Derbyshire had already made the decision to use Chesterfield as an out-ground only in the "core summer months".

Derbyshire chief executive Simon Storey said: "We are grateful that we have had the opportunity to respond in full to all of the submissions made in regard to the abandonment and the scheduling of concerts.

"It is in the interest of Derbyshire and all first-class counties hosting non-cricket events to learn from this experience moving forward. We have agreed to accept the advice and caution issued by the CDC."

What the ECB said...

CDC deputy chairman Mike Smith, the former Gloucestershire and England fast bowler, made the following points in his summation:

• Derbyshire's decision to host a concert at Derby, three days before the scheduled fixture, was optimistic.
• Whilst Derby is the primary venue for first-class cricket in Derbyshire and its drainage is superior to Chesterfield, there was no breach of the ECB pitch document in relation to the state of the Chesterfield pitch.
• There is no evidence that there was a material likelihood 72 hours before the scheduled start that there would be no play across the course of the match.
• Despite the very professional efforts of the Chesterfield authorities and groundstaff (of whom no criticism at all is made) no play was possible as a result of a wet outfield following heavy downpours on the evening prior to the match and on day three.
• Although Derbyshire considered their decision to host a concert carefully beforehand and acted on the advice of the promoter, their decision to host the concert in September was taken with insufficient experience as to how long it would take their ground to recover.
• The decision to host the concert in September directly affected the best chances of staging a four-day match which must be the priority for first-class counties, although the importance for counties of raising revenue through wider non-cricketing opportunities such as the staging of concerts is acknowledged and understood.

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