Former Test batter Murray Goodwin has been handed a 16-match suspension from the Bunbury and Districts Cricket Association after he was discovered responsible of assaulting an opponent in a regional cricket grand remaining.
The incident occurred throughout final month’s BDCA first-grade grand remaining between Colts Cricket Club and Marist Cricket Club on the Bunbury Recreation Ground in Western Australia. After being dismissed by Marist seamer Tyson Italiano caught and bowled for two, Goodwin was filmed jabbing his bat in direction of rival wicketkeeper Cam Marra’s head.
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The 50-year-old was later suspended for the rest of the two-day fixture after umpires Gary Crombie and Brett Shortland charged him with a level-four offence underneath MCC Law 42.5. Marist finally received the match by 22 runs.
As reported by The West Australian, a BDCA unbiased tribunal discovered Goodwin responsible of assaulting an opponent and handed a three-year penalty. He will miss nearly all of subsequent season after copping a 16-match suspension for the offence, with the rest served as a suspended sentence.
Goodwin performed 19 Tests for Zimbabwe, scoring 1414 runs at 42.84 with three centuries and eight fifties. He additionally represented Western Australia in 59 Sheffield Shield matches between 1994 and 2005, scoring 4078 runs at 40.37.
Last month, the right-hander performed for Zimbabwe within the Over-50 World Cup in South Africa, scoring 377 in six innings.
Originally revealed as Former Test cricketer Murray Goodwin handed 16-week suspension after assaulting opponent
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
