Joshua Peck suggests player and stump mics cause more controversy than they are worth.
Kevin Pietersen was recently fined 5,000 Australian dollars for comments he made while mic’d up live on the Big Bash coverage. Pietersen’s crime? Speaking his mind.
Having seen Perth Scorchers opener Sam Whiteman given not out when appearing to edge behind, Melbourne Stars batsman Pietersen made a comment to the BBL’s commentary team.
The exiled England man said to them: “That was a shocker, an absolute shocker. He (the umpire) says it could have been glove or pad, and I said, ‘well, he’s got big gloves and big pads to reach that’. Massive nick.”
Cricket Australia said Pietersen “was reported for breaching CA’s Code of Conduct Article 2.2.3 – public or media comment that is detrimental to the interests of cricket, irrespective of when or where such comment is made – a level 2 offence. As per the CA Code of Conduct procedure, the match referee, David Talalla, considered the umpires’ written report, and the proposed sanction was a $5000 fine.”
This incident came just a couple of weeks after a Cricket Australia integrity unit investigated Big Bash commentators.
There was an on-air exchange between commentator Mark Howard and Adelaide Strikers skipper Brad Hodge when Hodge, speaking to Network Ten pundits during the clash between the Strikers and Sydney Thunder, was told of Ben Laughlin’s impressive recent bowling record against Shane Watson.
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