ECB Fair Play Marking Criteria
Although captains and umpires together set the tone for the conduct of the game, captains are at all times responsible for ensuring play is conducted within the Spirit of the Game as well as within The Laws. The Spirit of the Game requires all players to respect their opponents, their own captain and players, the role of the umpires and the game and its traditional values. Grading Criteria Exceeds the expected standard
Mark
Attains the expected standard
4
Short of the expected standard
3
Well short of the expected standard
2
Significantly below the expected standard
1
Not acceptable
0
5
Captains Marks Team Marks Cooperation with Team Respect for Respect for Umpires Management Umpires Opponents There are numerous examples of behaviour that exceeds the required standard in each of these groups. For example; players showing genuine warmth and congratulations to their opponents or both sides, working to get the covers on/off, withdrawing an appeal to assist the umpire. These things should be recognised and where possible the reasons for the higher mark noted. No need for umpires Little or no Nothing other than Little or no public to intervene to ask intervention required acceptance of comments on their the captain to do and if intervention umpires decisions opponents technique, anything relating is requested then (doesn’t exclude shot making, bowling, to managing an request is enacted players asking method of dismissal individual. immediately by the umpires for etc. Captain clarification on decisions) No more than one Players slow to react Continued appealing No more than instance of the and comply with a or comments or one instance of umpires asking the captains request for behaviour that comments made captain to deal with improved behaviour. exceeds genuine about opponents or an unacceptable disappointment when behaviour exhibited situation. a decision goes towards them that against a player/ causes a reaction. team More than one Players ignoring their Excessive and/ When umpires instance of a captain captains request for or unnecessarily are required to being spoken to improved behaviour aggressive appealing intervene and ask about the same and continuing to act and any obvious a captain to deal problem. The Captain as before. Captain is dissent when a with players whose shall be reported losing control. decision goes behaviour towards under the disciplinary against a player/ their opponents code. team. A score at they consider this level shall result unacceptable. A in player(s) being score at this level reported under the shall result in an disciplinary code. individual being reported under the disciplinary code. Multiple instances Player’s behaviour Obvious attempts to Obvious attempts to of the captain being worsening rather than intimidate the umpire distract or disturb the spoken to and/or not improving. A score and/or refusal to concentration of an acting as requested. at this level must accept a decision. opponent by word A score at this result in a player(s) A score at this level or action. A score at level must result in and/or the captain must result in a this level must result the captain being being reported under player/team being in a player/team reported under the disciplinary reported under the being reported under the disciplinary procedure disciplinary code the disciplinary code procedure. Any score of 0 should be regarded as totally unacceptable and would result from behaviour worse than that identified above. Any score of 0 shall be reported immediately to the authority responsible for the game and it is clear that a number of people, including the captain, will be reported under the disciplinary procedure.
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