David
Richardson, the ICC chief executive, has insisted that great efforts have been
made over the past six months to clamp down on on-field conflict.
"Over
the last six months, or even going back further to the last Ashes series, there
have been too many examples of player behaviour going too far and overstepping
the boundaries of acceptabilities," Richardson said. "The amount of
sledging and disrespect shown by players to each other was bad.
"Since
then, we have done a lot of work with our umpires and match referees to ensure
that they are much more proactive in terms of policing behaviour on the field
and when players do over-step the mark, taking appropriate action.
"Over
the last three or four months you have seen 12 code of conduct charges laid
against people for disrespectful behaviour on the field. For the World Cup it
will be no different and at all pre-event briefings with the teams, the match
referees will be making sure that that message is delivered loud and
clear."
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