New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering a series of security protocols to be followed by venues hosting international matches to curb unruly crowd behaviour.

ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed told reporters on Tuesday that penalties ranging from fines to a ban of the venue could be imposed in case of violation of these protocols. "We are trying to put in place some security protocols to deal with crowd misbehaviour. Each Board would be required to strictly implement these security measures," Speed said referring to the incidents of crowd violence in the first three matches of the India-West Indies One-day series. "Right now, I cannot spell out what exactly these measures would be or what penalties are likely to be imposed. But as a starting measure, fines could be slapped and in the ultimate case the respective Board could be told that a particular venue was not permitted to hold international matches," he said. Speed said a Player Safety Committee, under the chairmanship of West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chief Wes Hall, was looking into all aspects of the issue, which was a global phenomenon and not just restricted to India. He said he was concerned with the incidents of crowd violence in Jamshedpur, Nagpur and Rajkot and had asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) what had caused such incidents. "But I am very satisfied to learn that the next two matches were peaceful," he said.
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