NEW DELHI: New Zealand Test cricketer Henry Nicholls has been accused of breaking New Zealand Cricket's code of conduct for alleged ball tampering during a domestic first-class match this week. Umpires reported the incident, and television footage from the Plunket Shield match between Nicholls' Canterbury province and Auckland appears to show him brushing the ball against a helmet during a change of ends.
"Nicholls has been reported for allegedly breaching Rule 3.1, article 1.15 of the Code during Day 3 of the Plunket Shield match between Canterbury and Auckland at Hagley Oval," read a statement from New Zealand Cricket on Friday. The rule in question "involves changing the condition of the ball in breach of Law 41.3 of the Laws of Cricket."
