Kent Cricket has received an 8-point penalty in the Rothesay County Championship after the club passed the threshold of receiving four fixed penalties in one season, in accordance with the ECB's Professional Conduct Regulations.
A fixed penalty was received in Kent Cricket’s Rothesay County Championship match against Glamorgan CCC on 24 July 2025 (as set out below):
Individual Fixed Penalty
The umpires reported Daniel Bell-Drummond’s conduct during Kent Cricket’s Rothesay County Championship match against Glamorgan CCC on 24 July 2025.
The matter was considered by the Match Referee, Alec Swann, who determined that this was an offence under Level 1(c) of the Professional Conduct Regulations.
1c - Showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action.
Automatic Points Penalty
Regulation 4.28 of the Professional Conduct Regulations sets out that it will be a separate offence for a Team to: “during any season Registered Cricketers registered with or on loan to the same Professional County Club whilst playing for that Team in the County Championship, receive 4 or more fixed penalties”
By virtue of receiving this fixed penalty, Kent Cricket has now met the threshold of four penalties in one season, having previously received three fixed penalties in the Rothesay County Championship for:
- Matt Parkinson’s conduct during Kent Cricket’s Rothesay County Championship match against Glamorgan CCC on 09 May 2025.
- Kashif Ali’s conduct during Kent Cricket’s Rothesay County Championship match against Gloucestershire CCC on 19 May 2025.
- Tawanda Muyeye’s conduct during Kent Cricket’s Rothesay County Championship match against Derbyshire CCC on 26 May 2025.
Kent Cricket have confirmed that they are not appealing the penalty.