Arbitration—Award—Setting aside award

Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court, Hamblen J, 6 May 2014

The England and Wales Cricket Board did not exceed its powers in imposing a life ban on a cricketer found guilty of two charges of spot-fixing. 

Timothy Moloney QC & Jude Bunting (instructed by Time Solicitors) for K. Ian Mill QC (instructed by Onside Law) for the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The claimant was a Pakistani national and a professional international cricketer. He played for Essex Cricket Club between 2004 and 2010 as an overseas player. The defendant was the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), which had responsibility for all aspects of the administration of the game of cricket in England and Wales. In September 2009, W, an English cricketer playing for Essex, admitted that he had deliberately bowled badly in a match in return for financial reward. The ECB brought disciplinary proceedings against the claimant alleging