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FOLLOWING their unsportsmanlike conduct during the final of the inaugural Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)-organised, New Building Society-sponsored second division limited overs competition, two players were placed on suspension and their club fined. Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) Dennis ‘Bitterman’ Squires and his second division skipper Lyndon Lyght were handed their respective penalties by the Disciplinary Committee of the GCA, following a meeting to discuss the bizarre end to the match.
Following a mix-up between the two who were at the wicket when their team played Georgetown Cricket Club in the final on Sunday October 7 at the GCC ground, a run-out ensued, with the fielding side claiming Squires was the man out, while Lyght and his teammates objected.
With the umpires sticking to their decision, the DCC team led by Lyght refused to play any further part in the contest, which resulted in GCC being declared the winners.
To this effect, Squires was charged with (a) showing serious dissent and (b) bringing the game into disrepute (highest level) and was handed a 10-match ban while Lyght was handed a 15-match ban, which means they will not be allowed to participate in any GCA-organised tournament until they have served their penalties.
On the same note, the Queenstown-based DCC club which is currently celebrating their Centenary Anniversary, was fined $15 000 and ordered by the GCA’s Disciplinary Committee to apologise in writing to the sponsor and the GCA on or before November 9, 2012.
The GCA’s Disciplinary Committee is chaired by Attorney-at-Law Emily Dodson and has as its members, Grantley Culbard, Ronald Williams, Ron Legall and Omar Bacchus, who did not sit in at the hearing, since he was the match referee when the incident occurred and filed his report to the GCA.
In an invited comment with Chronicle Sport, Harper said the GCA has an obligation to report back to the public and the sponsors their decision taken on DCC’s actions.
“We have the right to report back to the sponsors and the public our decision on this matter, which can be described as indiscipline being committed by DCC,” said Harper.
Quizzed on whether the club has the right to appeal the decision, Harper said. “They have no rights of appeal, as the penalty that was imposed is not foreign since it is indicated in clause 26 of the playing conditions that governed the said tournament and they were given a letter to that effect.
“Once the players were found guilty, then the club is held culpable for the action taken and in this case, it is not Squires objecting to an umpire’s decision, wherein we would have dealt with him individually, but Lyght and his team including Squires left the venue and played no further part in the contest.” (Calvin Roberts)
Following a mix-up between the two who were at the wicket when their team played Georgetown Cricket Club in the final on Sunday October 7 at the GCC ground, a run-out ensued, with the fielding side claiming Squires was the man out, while Lyght and his teammates objected.
With the umpires sticking to their decision, the DCC team led by Lyght refused to play any further part in the contest, which resulted in GCC being declared the winners.
To this effect, Squires was charged with (a) showing serious dissent and (b) bringing the game into disrepute (highest level) and was handed a 10-match ban while Lyght was handed a 15-match ban, which means they will not be allowed to participate in any GCA-organised tournament until they have served their penalties.
On the same note, the Queenstown-based DCC club which is currently celebrating their Centenary Anniversary, was fined $15 000 and ordered by the GCA’s Disciplinary Committee to apologise in writing to the sponsor and the GCA on or before November 9, 2012.
The GCA’s Disciplinary Committee is chaired by Attorney-at-Law Emily Dodson and has as its members, Grantley Culbard, Ronald Williams, Ron Legall and Omar Bacchus, who did not sit in at the hearing, since he was the match referee when the incident occurred and filed his report to the GCA.
In an invited comment with Chronicle Sport, Harper said the GCA has an obligation to report back to the public and the sponsors their decision taken on DCC’s actions.
“We have the right to report back to the sponsors and the public our decision on this matter, which can be described as indiscipline being committed by DCC,” said Harper.
Quizzed on whether the club has the right to appeal the decision, Harper said. “They have no rights of appeal, as the penalty that was imposed is not foreign since it is indicated in clause 26 of the playing conditions that governed the said tournament and they were given a letter to that effect.
“Once the players were found guilty, then the club is held culpable for the action taken and in this case, it is not Squires objecting to an umpire’s decision, wherein we would have dealt with him individually, but Lyght and his team including Squires left the venue and played no further part in the contest.” (Calvin Roberts)
