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Notts Outlaws: T20 Blast winners get suspended sanctions following disciplinary breaches

BBCSport

Nottinghamshire have received suspended sanctions following a succession of disciplinary breaches in this summer's march to their second T20 Blast title.

Notts Outlaws breached the England and Wales Cricket Board's disciplinary codes five times in their 13 games and will be in line for a points deduction in 2021 if they misbehave again.

Notts' T20 captain Dan Christian has also received a suspended one-game ban.

It is dependant on how any Notts player behaves in games when he is captain.

The 37-year-old former Australian ODI and T20 international will receive an automatic one-match suspension should any Notts player receive a fixed penalty notice in the 12 months from the date of the hearing held last week on Thursday, 19 November.

There will also be an "immediate penalty of two points in the Royal London Cup and/or two points in the Vitality Blast and/or 16 points in the County Championship, to be imposed if cricketers playing for Nottinghamshire incur a further two Fixed Penalty breaches in any competition within a period of 12 months from the date of the hearing".

The ECB's Cricket Discipline Commission reached those conclusions following a remote hearing, triggered by Notts running up five fixed penalties in the space of five weeks, all in the T20.

The three-man disciplinary panel, chaired by Mike Smith, along with fellow former professional cricketers Paul Parker and Tom Poynton, took into account Nottinghamshire's previous good disciplinary record in reaching their decisions.

The statement noted "the honourable way that it had approached the charges but reminded Nottinghamshire that breaches of discipline are a matter of serious concern".

Cricket Discipline Commission imposes suspended points penalty against Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and a suspended ban on Dan Christian

ECB Press Release

The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) has imposed a suspended sanction against Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and its T20 captain Dan Christian following a remote disciplinary hearing held on 19 November. The hearing was triggered following five fixed penalties being reached by Nottinghamshire in a 12 month period. All the breaches happened in a five week period during the Vitality Blast in 2020. 

The Club was given suspended points deductions for the 2021 season depending on the future conduct of Nottinghamshire’s players in 2021.

In addition, the Club’s T20 captain, Dan Christian, was handed a suspended one match ban, again dependant on the conduct of Nottinghamshire players in matches in which he is captain in 2021.

As a consequence of the Fixed Penalty breaches, Nottinghamshire CCC were charged with a breach of ECB Directive 3.6.21, as they incurred a total of five fixed penalty breaches within a period of 12 months, and a charge against their T20 captain, Dan Christian under ECB Directive 3.5, as he was captain on each of these five occasions.

The decisions were taken after a Disciplinary Panel chaired by Mike Smith, alongside Paul Parker and Tom Poynton.

Their decision will result in an immediate penalty of 2 points in the Royal London Cup and/or 2 points in the Vitality Blast and/or 16 points in the County Championship, to be imposed if cricketers playing for Nottinghamshire incur a further two Fixed Penalty breaches in any competition within a period of 12 months from the date of the hearing. The precise nature of the points deductions will be decided by the panel depending on the seriousness of any future breaches and the competition in which they occur.

The club captain, Dan Christian, will receive a one match ban (details to be determined by the CDC panel) should any player in a Nottinghamshire team which he is captaining receive a fixed penalty notice in the 12 months from the date of the hearing.

In reaching this decision, the Panel noted Nottinghamshire’s previous good disciplinary record and the honourable way that it had approached the charges but reminded Nottinghamshire that breaches of discipline are a matter of serious concern.

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The only Trent Bridge Press Release since the above news emerged:

NEWSFLASH

26 November

Trentbridge.co.uk

News that can only reduce Notts supporters' access to Trent Bridge to watch Notts in 2021 and therefore diminish the value of memberships that elsewhere on the same website, the club are trying to sow a different picture, as they want your dosh.

Trent Bridge will host all Trent Rockets' women's fixtures in next year's inaugural edition of The Hundred.

The ECB have made the changes due to the operational implications of COVID-19, with double-headers and increased alignment with the men’s teams providing the women’s competition with appropriate visibility and exposure – including more comprehensive broadcast coverage.

The women's competition will, therefore, operate across eight venues in 2021, with this model to be reviewed after the first edition of the tournament.

"It has always been our intention to review the structure of the women’s competition on an annual basis, to ensure that we are maximising the scale and prominence that The Hundred platform provides to profile the women’s game," said Beth Barrett-Wild, Head of The Hundred Women's Competition & Female Engagement.

"Looking ahead to 2021, it’s clear that the wide-ranging impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the delivery of elite sporting events and society more generally, necessitates a change to our plans from 2020.

"The move to an integrated eight-venue model with the men’s competition next summer will simultaneously enable us to reduce our operational risk, protect the delivery of the women’s competition, and optimise the opportunity to work with our broadcast partners to provide maximum visibility and exposure for the women’s game.

"We therefore believe that this is the best structure for the women’s competition in 2021. However, with the women’s game transforming and growing at pace, it is important that we remain flexible in our approach to evolving this model in the future."

Trent Rockets' women's side, coached by Salliann Briggs, will feature internationals Katherine Brunt, Nat Sciver and Elyse Villani, after the trio's retention was confirmed earlier this month.

Finally a name drop,  shamelessly trying to seduce Nottinghamshire die hards one more time

Meanwhile, Alex Hales, Rashid Khan and Joe Root have been retained by Stephen Fleming's men's team.