Jersey cricketer Harrison Carlyon found not guilty by ICC in connection with incident involving Hong Kong’s Ehsan Khan
- Top-order batsman was accused of being involved in an incident with Hong Kong player Ehsan Khan during a Challenge League B game in Uganda
- ICC rules there is insufficient ‘evidence available to find that the alleged offence had been committed’
Jersey cricketer Harrison Carlyon has been found not guilty of committing any offence in connection with an incident that occurred during his side’s game against Hong Kong in the Challenge League B round in Uganda in June.
A hearing before ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle cleared the top-order batsman of breaching a breaching Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an international match”.
Carlyon was initially accused by members of the Hong Kong squad of physically assaulting Ehsan Khan, something the Jersey player denied, towards the end of a bad-tempered game in Kampala on June 24 which Jersey won by 55 runs.
There is no doubt an incident took place. It is a matter of fact that Khan was carried off the pitch having been attended to by physio’s from both teams, and the game delayed for between 15 and 20 minute. As one witness pointed out “he didn’t fall over by himself”.
Ultimately, after legal advice regarding the evidence available Cricket Hong Kong opted for a lesser Level 1 charge, having initially wanted to pursue it as Level 4 offence, the highest under the code of conduct.
In a statement, the ICC said that having heard from “respective parties” Madugalle “was not comfortably satisfied that there was sufficient evidence available to find that the alleged offence had been committed and thus returned a not guilty finding”.