February 02, 2007	Friday	Muharram 13, 1428

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JOHANNESBURG, Feb 1: Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday announced zero tolerance measures for unruly crowd behaviour, including evictions and possible life bans for guilty spectators.

Gerald Majola, CEO of CSA said in a statement issued on Thursday: “Cricket South Africa wishes to ensure that spectators and players enjoy themselves during the upcoming Standard Bank Pro20 match and MTN ODI Series against Pakistan.

“As a result, CSA will enforce zero tolerance measures against unruly behaviour, including the eviction of those guilty parties,” he said. “We will also evict, criminally charge and ban for life from our stadia any spectators that racially abuse the players or their fellow spectators or disrupt the game in any way. We have increased security at the relevant stadia and reaction teams will be on duty to play both prevention and remedial roles.

“We will not allow unruly behaviour from a small minority to impede on the enjoyment of the majority of spectators. These matters will be addressed on a regular basis via the public address system and the big screen to ensure that the public is aware of the need to respect their fellow spectators and the players.” —Agencies