Sendings-off and bat restrictions planned after MCC world committee meeting
Wed, Dec 7, '16
Cricket is set to introduce sendings-off for the first time next year, while the size of bats is to be limited.
Umpires will be given the power to eject players from a game for serious disciplinary breaches.
MCC World Cricket Committee member Ricky Ponting explained that sanctions needed to be implemented.
"We're talking about a significant change to lower-level cricket because it has got completely out of hand down there," the ex-Australia captain said.
MCC (the Marylebone Cricket Club) remains the guardian of the laws and spirit of the game, and its world cricket committee - established in 2006 and comprised of 12 current and former top international players - has been a leading independent voice on the game's major issues.
The new laws will be implemented at all levels of the game from 1 October 2017, subject to approval by MCC's main committee.
