Also, the umpires warned him on the field and then changed their mind after the days play and made it an official charge. I would think that indicates they didn't hear and are going on what Root said on the stump mic. Just a guess though.
Yes. And then for the ECB to overreact and ban him for five years: one year for ECB being the equivalent of five days in the life of ICC.
Or the media speculation and pressure forced them to make it official after they wanted to just keep it on the field?
Yes, media pressure. Though what finally tilted the scales was when they read this sledger thread on CricketWeb.
The only people in the cricket community that read CW are the occasional cricinfo writer that comes to steal article ideas....
What do courts have to do with this? This isn't a legal matter. The ICC have the jurisdiction to punish someone for breaking their own codes of conduct, the law simply does not come into it. It's not like the ICC are threatening to impose a criminal/civil penalty.
Yup.
Tell that to Rabada and Cricket SA!
Another non-legal matter.
He was not in the ODI squad at all - so doesn't hurt
He was named replacement for Keemo Paul just before he was banned. But agreed it's not painful at all.
Haha yes can't bat can't field - an attacking bowler who bowls a lot of extras - not a loss for the ODI team at all
Pretty sure I read that homosexuality is illegal in whichever country the third Test was played in. So the law of the country disagrees with what Joe Root said.
