ICC sanctions on Kotla as international venue in a month

By Neelima Chimnani
for Cricketain.com

Published: December 28, 2009

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New Delhi: With the Ferozeshah Kotla pitch in Delhi declared unfit for play as it was of “extremely variable bounce and too dangerous for further play”, the fifth and final One-Day International between Sri Lanka and India on Sunday was abandoned after 23.3 overs.

Sri Lanka had, after much struggle, managed to put up 83 for 5 in foggy conditions before play was abandoned, making India the country to have two abandoned One-day Internationals because of bad playing conditions. The previous instance is of the second ODI of the series in Indore, scheduled on December 25, 1997, which was called off after just 19 minutes of play.

According to ICC’s latest code of conduct, such a breach calls for “a suspension of the venue’s international status for a period of between 12 and 24 months together with a directive for appropriate remedial action and the need for prior ICC re-accreditation as an international venue”.

The ICC today said it will take about a month’s time to decide an “appropriate sanction” on Feroze Shah Kotla as an international venue after yesterday’s incident.

“Well, it is a well documented and transparent process. We have sought BCCI’s comment and given them 14 days time to respond. Thereafter, Ranjan Madugalle (Chief Match Referee) and Dave Richardson (General Manager of cricket) will determine the issue to decide what is an appropriate sanction,” ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat told reporters.

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