4.1 Subject strictly to the exceptions set out in Article 4.2, the following prohibitions shall apply from the moment that a stadium has been secured by the venue’s security staff for a Match right through until the final ball has been bowled in the day’s play:

4.1.1 no person shall be allowed to use and/or carry any Mobile Device for any reason in the PMOA;

GUIDANCE NOTE: Notwithstanding the general principle that, at all times, it is each individual’s responsibility to comply with this restriction, in order to minimise the risk of non-compliance by any Player or Player Support Personnel, each team manager must implement a protocol pursuant to which all Mobile Devices must be: (a) collected from the Players and Player Support Personnel prior to a team’s entry to the venue on the day of a Match; and (b) safely and securely stored during that Match until such time as those Mobile Devices can be returned to the Players and Player Support Personnel in accordance with these Minimum Standards.

4.1.2 no person shall be allowed to use and/or or carry, any laptop computer (or any other similar communication device) for any reason whatsoever, whether to access the Internet or otherwise, in the PMOA; and

4.1.3 no person shall be allowed to use any static / landline (or similar) telephone capable of making calls from inside or receiving calls from outside the PMOA.

4.2 Unless otherwise agreed by the ICC Regional Security Manager in advance, the only exceptions to the above prohibitions are:

4.2.1 each team manager shall be permitted to carry a Mobile Device within the PMOA, provided that it is used either: (a) by him/her for cricket operations purposes only; and/or (b) by any Player or Player Support Personnel for any important personal matter only, provided that the team manager has given his express permission to the Player or Player Support Personnel before such use;

4.2.2 each team manager or team security manager shall be permitted to carry all of the Mobile Devices that may have been collected from each Player or Player Support Personnel as part of any protocol implemented by a team pursuant to the Guidance Note to Article 4.1.1, above;

4.2.3 not used;

4.2.4 each team manager shall be permitted to carry and use a laptop computer (or any other similar communication device), whether to access the Internet or otherwise, within the PMOA, provided that it is used only by him/her and only for cricket operations purposes;
4.2.5 a further one other Player Support Personnel per team, whose identity must be approved in advance by the ICC Regional Security Manager, shall be permitted to carry and use a laptop computer (or any other similar communication device) within the PMOA, provided that: (a) it is used only by the identified individual and only for cricket operations purposes; and (b) it may not be used to access the Internet at any time until the final ball in the day’s play has been delivered;

GUIDANCE NOTE: Nothing in Articles 4.2.4 or 4.2.5 shall prevent a Player or Player Support Personnel being able to view the screen of a laptop computer that is being used by the team manager or other permitted Player Support Personnel, provided that his/her viewing of the laptop: (a) is carried out at all times in the company of the team manager or other permitted Player Support Personnel; and (b) is for cricket operations purposes only.

4.2.5 the Match Referee shall be permitted to carry a Mobile Device within the PMOA, provided that it is used either: (a) by him/her for cricket operations purposes only; and/or (b) by any Match Official for any important personal matter only, provided that the Match Referee has given his express permission to the Match Official before such use;

4.2.6 the Match Referee shall be permitted to carry and use a laptop computer (or any other similar device), whether to access the Internet or otherwise, within the PMOA, provided that it is used only by him/her and only for cricket operations purposes; and

4.3 For the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing provisions shall operate to prevent:

4.3.1 the use of two-way communication devices (other than Mobile Devices) by Player Support Personnel for the purpose of communication between the dug-out and dressing room area in accordance with the relevant match playing conditions , provided that such communication devices are suitably encrypted to avoid detection by any third party in the nearby vicinity;

4.3.2 the use of electronic communication devices between on and off-field Match Officials in accordance with the relevant playing conditions and/or any other communication protocols (for example in relation to the use of the Decision Review System) as may be required from time to time, provided that such communication devices are suitably encrypted to avoid detection by any third party in the nearby vicinity; and/or

4.3.3 the wearing of microphones by a Player in a Match, provided that such use is for the purposes of providing commentary to a television broadcast only and that it complies with any official regulations that may be in force governing the type and nature of any commentary that Players may or may not be permitted to make on such broadcast during any such Match.