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Jimmy Anderson found not guilty and clear to face India in fourth Test Jimmy Anderson found not guilty and clear to face India in fourth Test
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Jimmy Anderson has been found not guilty of the level three charges levelled against him by India after the first Test at Trent Bridge and is clear to play in next week’s fourth Test at his home county ground of Old Trafford. Jimmy Anderson has been found not guilty of the charges levelled against him by India after the first Test at Trent Bridge and is clear to play in next week’s fourth Test at his home county ground of Old Trafford.
After a six-hour hearing at a hotel on the Southampton waterfront on Friday, the International Cricket Council issued a statement revealing that Gordon Lewis, the former Australian judge who had been appointed judicial commissioner, had ruled that neither Anderson nor India’s Ravindra Jadeja had breached the ICC’s code of conduct when they clashed in Nottingham. After a six-hour hearing at a hotel on the Southampton waterfront on Friday, the International Cricket Council issued a statement revealing that Gordon Lewis, the former Australian judge who had been appointed judicial commissioner, had ruled that neither Anderson nor India’s Ravindra Jadeja had breached the ICC’s code of conduct when they clashed in Nottingham. India do not have the right of appeal.
India do not have the right of appeal. The news will be a huge relief to Anderson and an equally large boost to England as his man-of-the-match performance in their third Test victory in Southampton, their first for almost a year, underlined the bowler’s importance to their hopes of coming from behind to win the series.
The news will be a huge personal relief to Anderson, and an equally large boost to England as his man-of-the-match performance in their third Test victory in Southampton, their first for almost a year, underlined the Lancastrian’s importance to their hopes of coming from behind to win the series. The ECB and Anderson were represented in the hearings by Nick De Marco while Adam Lewis QC represented Jadeja. The hearings were also attended by the two team managers, the ECB’s Paul Downton, the BCCI’s Sundar Raman and MV Sridhar, the ICC’s general manager, Geoff Allardice, and the ICC’s ethics and regulatory lawyer, Sally Clark.
The ECB and Anderson were represented in the hearings by Nick De Marco while Adam Lewis QC represented Jadeja. The hearings were also attended by the two team managers, the ECB’s Paul Downton, the BCCI’s Sundar Raman and MV Sridhar, the ICC’s General Manager, Geoff Allardice, and the ICC’s Ethics and Regulatory lawyer, Sally Clark.