Former umpires slams cricket's new red card

Former international umpire David Quested has slammed cricket's new red card calling it totally unnecessary. Photo / Photosport

Former international umpire David Quested has scoffed at cricket's new red card punishment system calling it "totally unnecessary."

The red card announcement was made yesterday by The Marylebone Cricket Club " the guardian of the laws of the game" which said players could be ejected from games from Oct. 1, 2017 if its main committee approves Wednesday's recommendation from the world cricket committee.

But Quested, who stood in five Test matches between 1995 and 2001 and 31 ODI games between 1992 and 2002, believes there are already systems in place that deal with these sorts of situations.

"I don't think it's necessary at all," Quested told the Devlin Radio Show.

"The ICC put in a code of conduct and most countries around the world follow that in their domestic cricket.

"The players association won't agree to stuff like that and it's totally unnecessary.

"You don't need it at lower levels because you already have systems in place."

Quested thought it was a better idea to sort out some of the problems at the source than simply try and fix them with on-field punishments.