The President of the Prince Edward (PEI) Cricket Association, Dr. Saraath Chandereseke, provided some guidance to players as part of the closing ceremonies for the Atlantic T20 on the standard of conduct expected from cricketers playing in events at the national level in Canada. The guidance had been provided as notes from the umpires involved in the Atlantic T20 tournament at Tea Hill Park, Stratford, PEI. A formal report is to be completed at a later date and will, presumably, be circulated to all participating provincial teams.
The essence of the umpire’s comments was about the need to comply with cricket’s traditional “Spirit of Cricket”. Living the spirit of cricket rather than being aware of the written words, and ,I believe, the comments could be equally applicable at various other local, national and international games and tournaments.

There had been cases of excessive appealing, something that can be seen on various televised international games, in my opinion. Some players had charged towards the umpires in the course of making an appeal. There had been use of sarcastic language towards opponents and some use of abusive language and abusive gestures. The bulk of the members of the Cricket Canada board are new, so this message comes as part of an effort to move the game forwards in Canada.
The words delivered by Dr. Chandraskere were captured on video and will be made available to Cricket Canada, as will copies of the various still photos and videos of the tournament. Some other observations about needs to enhance the playing infrastructure, which reflect the new National Coach’s observations, and on making simple improvements to scoring will be outlined on another day. (EN)