Upper Corentyne awarded Tenelec match

Jun 13, 2009 Sports

BCB fines Edinburgh pair for dissent

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Competitions Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. Carl Moore has awarded the disputed 2009 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-Over Cricket Competition, first round match between Upper Corentyne and Albion Community Centre to the Upper Corentyne Cricket Team.
Albion Community Centre was found guilty of fielding a player Doodnauth Lallbeharry despite he was not on their declared list.
The problem arose after the Albion Community Centre innings started with Lallbeharry opening the batting and the Upper Corentyne scorer discovered that his name was not on the declared list.
Albion requested to change the list but was not allowed to do so by Upper Corentyne.
The Competitions Committee found the act was not deliberate but it was a breach of the laws of cricket and therefore awarded the match to Upper Corentyne.

The Committee also fined Edinburgh’s Ralph Chakalall and Robin Seebarran $2,000 each after finding them guilty of showing dissent to the umpires and for bringing the game into dispute.
Chakalall was found guilty of appealing long after the standing umpire had turned down his appeals on a continuous basis while Seebarran was found guilty of excessive appealing and for unbecoming behaviour on a cricket field.
The entire Edinburgh cricket team has also been placed on a one year good behaviour bond.
The Berbice Cricket Board would once again like to remind all cricket clubs and cricketers of its policy of tolerating no form of indiscipline on and off the cricket field in 2009 and onwards.

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