Durham hit with two-point penalty in the Royal London Cup

Durham hit with two-point penalty in the Royal London Cup after on-field ill discipline, with the county now unlikely to qualify for the quarter-finals with no points from their four games

  • Durham have picked up one win in four Royal London Cup games to date
  • They are now pointless in the Cup after being sanctioned for ill discipline 
  • The County already had a suspended sentence after five fixed penalty breaches
  • Leicestershire were hit with a similar deduction in the Vitality Blast 

 Durham’s chances of qualifying for the latter stages of the Royal London Cup have been extinguished after they were hit with a two-point disciplinary sanction.

The decision by the Cricket Discipline Commission leaves last year’s beaten finalists pointless after four games and almost certainly out of contention for the competition’s quarter-final stage.

It came following a CDC hearing, after Durham received seven fixed penalty breaches between June 2021 and June 2022.

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Durham had a suspended points deduction hanging over them, lasting 12 months from July 1, after a charge on May 25 for reaching five fixed penalty breaches during a 12-month period.

But after infringing twice with on-field ill discipline between the period of May 25-July 1, they have lost the points for their one win in the competition with immediate effect.

Earlier this season, Leicestershire would have made the Vitality Blast’s last-eight but were hit by a similar points penalty on the eve of their final group game and Yorkshire progressed instead.

The County are now unlikely to make the quarter finals after being docked two points




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