Cricket Australia has imposed a one-year ban on popular player Smith.
Cricket Australia has imposed a one-year ban on popular player Emily Smith, barring her from playing in the Women’s Big Bash Cricket League.
JUST IN: A social media post has seen Hobart’s Emily Smith banned for the remainder of the @WBBL season: https://t.co/2YDTF1g4oc pic.twitter.com/hvcB3nTlXr
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 18, 2019
According to Cricket Australia, Emily Smith violated the code of conduct by sharing it on social media before the Women’s Big Bash League team line-up was announced.
Hobart Ari Kent wicketkeeper Emily Smith has accepted the punishment and apologized.
Cricket Australia says Emily breached Article 2.3.2, which prohibits any player from sharing inside information with the media or social media.
Emily Smith will be banned from playing any form of cricket for three months, the 24-year-old has also been ruled out of the Women’s Big Bash League and WNCL events.
The report said the incident took place on November 2 before Hurricane Kane’s match against the Sydney Thunder, which was postponed without a toss due to heavy rain.
Speaking to SEN, Nicholson said that the roles are more important, the incident is a comedy of errors, Emily Smith should not have had a mobile phone at the time and how she got her mobile phone should also be investigated.
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