“We cannot have any antisocial behaviour”- The Hundred to use more stewards and cameras to identify drunken fans
Follow Us
The Hundred
England Cricket Board (ECB) will use more stewards and cameras to identify drunken fans in The Hundred, which is scheduled to begin from Wednesday, August 3 at the Ageas Bowl. They want to make matches more family friendly amid concerns of drunkenness and anti-social behaviour at venues.
Last year, there were several instances of bad behaviour from the fans fuelled by drunkenness. The Hundred‘s managing director, Sanjay Patel said that they have come up with steps to prevent these types of behaviour during the matches.
“There were isolated incidents last year – we’re very aware of that,” Patel said. “If you look at our demographic that is something we have to get right this year. There’s a few things in place – non-alcoholic stands are available, there’s family stands as well which we didn’t have last year. So families have an option to sit among other families which I think will help.”
“We have increased stewarding which is something, again, coming out of Covid it was very difficult to get the right stewarding. This year we’ll be able to do that. We’ve got additional cameras, watching crowds and monitoring behaviour. Clearly the venues where this responsibility sits with we are working with every day,” he added.
ALSO READ | “Arshdeep everywhere”- Obed McCoy and Brandon King star as West Indies defeats India by 5 wickets
“For all our cricket we want to stamp it out”- Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Patel added that the league will not get spoiled by stupid behaviour in the crowd. They want none of them in any type of matches and that these behaviour must stop no matter how. They will also make sure that the right audience must turn up.
“We cannot have any antisocial behaviour – it doesn’t matter whether it’s the Hundred, international cricket, the T20 Blast full stop,” he said. “We just don’t want that in our grounds. For all our cricket we want to stamp it out.
“What we want to see is the right audience turning up – a family audience – for the Hundred and make sure that there’s no antisocial behaviour in the ground.”
ALSO READ | “A spell to remember”- Obed McCoy shines with 6 wickets as West Indies bundle out India on 138
ALSO READ | “My parents were high…”- Dale Steyn reveals hilarious reason behind his second name “Willem”
Do follow us on: Google News | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
Stay Updated!
Gouri Das
(4697 Articles Published)