Netherlands fielded an ineligible player throughout their T20I against Italy in Women’s cricket on May 28 (Tuesday). International Cricket Council (ICC) knowledgeable the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) of the identical and the board accepted the responsibility. However, the id of the player has not been revealed by any of the events however ICC may sanction the board and the player each in accordance with the principles.
The firdst T20I of the four-match collection between Netherlands and Italy girls occurred on May 28. The Dutch women received the sport comfortably by 94 runs as they defended the full of 178 runs efficiently. But they fielded a player of their enjoying XI who wasn’t certified beneath the ICC’s laws. KNCB confirmed the error on their half within the press launch on Wednesday (May 29) morning whereas assuring that they’ll make adjustments to their line-up accordingly for the second T20I.
“The ICC has informed the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) regarding an irregularity in the line-up of the Dutch Women’s Cricket Team in the match between the Netherlands and Italy on Tuesday, May 28. Although no additional details have been communicated yet, the KNCB acknowledges that it was correctly identified for this error and will make the necessary adjustments in the next match to comply with the regulations,” KNCB stated within the launch.
The board additionally said that it’s prepared to develop the ladies’s cricket crew throughout each T20I and ODI codecs. “The KNCB is committed to developing the Netherlands Women’s Cricket team and is ambitious for the team to continue to progress in ICC T20I and ICC 50-over World Cup pathway competitions,” the board additional stated.Â
Meanwhile, ICC is but to publicly make a touch upon the matter however there are fairly a couple of sanctions for breaching the player eligibility guidelines. The player in query may get suspended whereas the results of the Netherlands vs Italy T20I may also get amended or overturned. Notably, the Netherlands had fielded two debutants – Madison Landsman and Sanya Khurana – of their enjoying XI within the first T20I. The second and third T20I have been scheduled to happen on May 29 however have been deserted resulting from rain. The fourth and closing match of the collection will likely be performed on May 30 at 2:30 PM IST.
