Through the match in query, Khushi’s Grey-Nicolls bat was inspected by the umpires whereas he was batting.The bat failed to fulfill the required specs when examined with a bat-gauge. Khushi scored 21 off 27 in that innings earlier than he was requested to interchange his bat, Reuters reported.
Regardless of the bat controversy, Essex managed to safe a convincing 254-run victory over Nottinghamshire within the match, incomes them 20 factors. Nonetheless, the factors deduction imposed by the Cricket Regulator implies that the membership will now have to regulate their standings within the County Championship.
“Essex submitted an attraction, elevating issues of serious and materials procedural irregularities that impacted upon the sanction, which was supported by the Cricket Regulator,” Essex stated in an announcement.
“Issues about inconsistencies with the compliance of bat gauges in keeping with the related MCC Legal guidelines of Cricket was additionally highlighted, nonetheless regardless of these issues, the attraction was unsuccessful.”
The factors deduction has successfully ended Essex’s possibilities of successful the County Championship title because the season nears its conclusion this month. The county aspect’s president, Keith Fletcher, criticized the nation’s cricket board (ECB) for the choice.
“Grey-Nicolls have backed us all the best way. There are a number of completely different bat gauges they usually say they adopted the foundations,” Fletcher instructed The Occasions.
“I assume the ECB thought this was dishonest and the attraction panel is attempting to flex its muscle groups. Feroze doesn’t imagine he did something improper and the entire aspect has been penalised, not simply the one participant.”
As per the legal guidelines of the sport, a bat’s width can not exceed 10.8 cm, its depth is restricted to six.7 cm, and the sides can’t be greater than 4 cm. Moreover, bats should move a bat-gauge check.
In 2022, Durham confronted an analogous 10-point deduction when Australian batter Nic Maddinson’s bat failed the bat-gauge check throughout their match in opposition to Derbyshire.
