GarlicJam wrote:The line was drawn at 'no contracted player is allowed to gamble on ANY cricket match'.
A zero tolerance policy here causes no harm to anyone, disadvantages no-one, and makes everything crystal clear, with no doubt whatsoever.
If we heard that this was CA's policy before knowing about this incident, most of us would have thought, fair enough.
It was the known policy before she placed the bets. The fact that she had no sway on the outcome or any prior knowledge cannot be considered. I agree it is harsh, but necessarily so.
ECB has the same policy for players and officials I think.
A bit of a difficult thing given the 'rights issue' however they have all got it in their contracts I assume so can't complain much.