No motion shall be taken by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) over Ben Stokes’ retirement video.
Stokes’ farewell handle to the England dressing room, through which he introduced his retirement through the fourth day’s play of final month’s ultimate Take a look at towards New Zealand, is known to have attracted the eye of the world governing physique.
The video was launched on England’s social media channels and later broadcast on TV however, underneath the ICC’s anti-corruption minimal requirements, there are restrictions on filming inside dressing rooms with out prior approval.
The Press Affiliation understood the ICC wrote to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), however the matter has now been resolved.
England captain Stokes had returned for the third Take a look at after lacking the second match of the sequence following an off-field incident.
His retirement announcement on the fourth day got here as a shock. It was made public whereas Stokes was bowling, and he took a wicket with the very subsequent ball.
England went on to lose the match and the sequence 2-1 the next day.
Reacting on social media to a report on the preliminary story in regards to the ICC trying into the video, Stokes on Thursday wrote on X: “Sack him …”
Dressing rooms are a part of a protected zone often known as the gamers and match officers space (PMOA), which is ruled by a set of ideas often known as the ICC’s minimal requirements. The governing physique upholds these to be able to adjust to its anti-corruption code.
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Eoin Morgan and Michael Atherton debate what the subsequent steps are for England cricket after Ben Stokes’ retirement.
For worldwide matches article 2.2.11 of the requirements says nationwide federations should guarantee “there are no fixed or temporary video cameras or other recording equipment set up within any dressing room used by the teams for the purposes of broadcasting video or audio footage”. Any exceptions should be agreed forward of time with the nominated anti-corruption supervisor.
A further guideline suggests any such exceptions of video footage ought to function no audio and be for a most of two minutes.
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