{"id":47785,"date":"2025-08-06T12:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47785\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:15:06","slug":"former-county-cricket-coach-suspended-for-nine-months-over-sexual-misconduct-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/47785\/","title":{"rendered":"Former county cricket coach suspended for nine months over sexual misconduct | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">An unnamed former county cricket coach has been suspended from the sport for nine months after admitting charges of sexual misconduct. The independent cricket discipline panel issued the sanctions on Wednesday, but has declined to identify the individual due to \u201cexceptional\u201d health-related circumstances and a \u201cserious risk of harm\u201d if his name were made public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">The man admitted five breaches of professional conduct regulations, specifically sending unsolicited sexual images to two junior female colleagues. On one occasion, he attempted to kiss one of the complainants in a club dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>Quick GuideHow do I sign up for sport breaking news alerts?ShowDownload the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for &#8216;The Guardian&#8217;.If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you\u2019re on the most recent version.In the Guardian app, tap the Menu button at the bottom right, then go to Settings (the gear icon), then Notifications.Turn on sport notifications.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">He was dismissed as a result of his behaviour, which came in the summers of 2023 and 2024, and has not been employed in cricket since. The ban comprises six months back-dated to receipt of the charge letter and three months suspended. He must also complete a mandatory education course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">Chris Haward, the managing director of the Cricket Regulator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketregulator.co.uk\/news\/4334229\/case-outcome-professional-coach\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>: \u201cThis kind of conduct is unacceptable. Where such instances are identified they will be investigated and those responsible will be held to account. Removing sexual misconduct from the game is a priority for the Cricket Regulator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-16w5gq9\">\u201cWe recognise that it takes a lot of courage for those impacted to come forward. We are committed to investigating thoroughly and expeditiously when allegations are raised with us, whether current or in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unnamed former county cricket coach has been suspended from the sport for nine months after admitting charges&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-47785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}