Derbyshire penalised after Mattie McKiernan fails bat-gauge test

The county have been docked two points from their Royal London Cup tally

Derbyshire have been docked two points from their Royal London Cup tally after allrounder Mattie McKiernan used a bat that failed the bat-gauge test last week.

McKiernan was charged with a breach of two ECB directives in relation to his bat from the county's two-wicket defeat by Hampshire.

The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) acknowledged that the breach was "unintentional", while the clean record of McKiernan, the leg-spinning allrounder, was also considered. The 28-year-old had also submitted an apology.

A CDC statement explained that the panel's chair, Ricky Needham, "decided that the offence, while committed unintentionally, must be dealt with on a strict liability basis, in that it is entirely the responsibility of a cricketer to ensure that the equipment being used conforms to the laws of the game".

^{Derbyshire are the second county to be docked points in the Royal London Cup (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)}

The two-point penalty sees Derbyshire fall to eighth in their Royal London Cup group.

They are the second county to fall foul of a CDC breach in this year's tournament, with Durham docked two points for disciplinary offences last week.

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