Pakistan cricketer Azam Khan was slapped with 50 % of his match payment for breaching the clothes and gear rules of ICC on Sunday when he performed National T20 match in Karachi. Playing for Karachi Whites, Azam got here out to bat along with his willow displaying the flag of Palestine. That was an try by Azam to again the Palestine trigger and stand with the victims within the war-torn nation.
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However, ICC’s guidelines and rules don’t permit the cricketer to place any brand or message on their garments or gear corresponding to bats, gloves which carries a political , spiritual, assertion. This ICC Code Of Conduct needs to be adopted in even the home matches by all of the member boards.
Azam was subsequently fined 50 % of his match payment. A report in Geo News stated that Azam had carried the flag on the bat prior to now two matches of the identical match however by no means acquired a warning from anybody.
In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, cricketer Azam Khan has been fined 50% of the match payment for utilizing the Palestine flag on his bat. And warning of suspension if he does so once more _ __ pic.twitter.com/ppOotQ16KP
— _ (@Al__Quraan) November 26, 2023
In October, nearly all of the members of the Pakistan males’s cricket group had proven their assist for Palestine on social media. Wicketkeeper and batter Mohammad Rizwan had, in truth, devoted his match-winning hundred vs Sri Lanka within the World Cup to the victims of warfare in Gaza. However, that was not a breach of ICC’s code. PCB had then acknowledged that “the team’s expression of solidarity was a personal decision.”
In 2019, MS Dhoni was stopped from carrying gloves throughout the World Cup which has the insignia of India’s Para Special Forces. Dhoni had breached the ICC Code of Conduct however there was no advantageous imposed on Dhoni by ICC.
According to ICC’s official pointers on clothes and gear, which is obtainable on their web site, “players and team officials shall not be permitted to wear,display or otherwise convey messages through arm bands or other items affixed to clothing or equipment.”
In 2014, England cricketer Moeen Ali had wore the ‘Save Gaza’ wristbands throughout a world match and was reprimanded by ICC to not present any political message on the sector. He was later banned by ICC to put on the identical wristband.
There is a gray space in cricket between free speech and political statements. Many cricketers the world over supported the ‘Black Lives Matter’ motion by sitting on one knee, and Henry Oolnga, Andy Flower have been hailed for his or her black armband demonstration throughout the 2003 World Cup, ICC took no motion in these cases.
