{"id":198596,"date":"2026-07-30T00:21:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198596"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:21:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:51:33","slug":"clicky-ponting-suspended-amateur-player-involved-in-finger-clicking-trickery-to-not-play-for-foreseeable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198596","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Clicky Ponting\u2019 suspended: Amateur player involved in finger-clicking trickery to not play for \u2018foreseeable future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71284557\">An English amateur cricketer at the centre of allegations of \u200bfinger-clicking trickery has been suspended and \u200cwill not play \u201cfor the foreseeable future\u201d, \u200bhis club said on \u2060Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The fielder, dubbed \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d on social media in a punning nod to former Australia \u200ccaptain Ricky Ponting, allegedly tricked umpires by clicking his fingers \u200cto make the sound of \u200ca \u2060ball nicking the bat as \u2060deliveries were missed and caught by the keeper.<\/p>\n<p>The video footage went viral on social media \u200band made international \u200cheadlines.<\/p>\n<p>Saltburn Cricket Club, run by volunteers, said in a statement it was treating the allegations \u201cwith the utmost \u200cseriousness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe player at the centre of \u200bthe complaint has been suspended and will not play again \u2060for the club this season or in the foreseeable future, pending the \u200coutcome of this investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>MORE DETAILS | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/clicky-ponting-cricketer-england-fooling-umpires-click-sounds-to-generate-edge-cheating-sports\/article71277656.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d \u2014 the fielder accused of faking edges to fool umpires<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>It said initial discussions between club officials and the North Yorkshire and South Durham league had already taken place.<\/p>\n<p>The league said on Tuesday it had received \u200ca formal complaint \u201cregarding alleged incidents in a \u200bDivision Two game on Saturday 25th July 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saltburn said it \u2060had been a distressing and stressful experience \u2060for all concerned and asked for \u2018personal boundaries\u2019 to be respected.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cclub is top of the Division Two table with 10 wins from \u200b15 matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 30, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/clicky-ponting-suspended-amateur-cricket-finger-clicking-trickery-saltburn\/article71284557.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An English amateur cricketer at the centre of allegations of \u200bfinger-clicking trickery has been suspended and \u200cwill not play \u201cfor the foreseeable future\u201d, \u200bhis club said on \u2060Wednesday. The fielder, dubbed \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d on social media in a punning nod to former Australia \u200ccaptain Ricky Ponting, allegedly tricked umpires by clicking his fingers \u200cto make&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/images.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198152,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198152","url_meta":{"origin":198596,"position":0},"title":"Meet \u201cClicky Ponting\u201d \u2014 the fielder accused of faking edges to fool umpires","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An amateur cricketer has become a viral sensation online after \u200ballegedly using finger clicks to mimic the \u200csound of bat-on-ball edges, fooling \u200bumpires into giving batters out. 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