The world cricket governing body, International Cricket Council ( ICC) has introduced stricter sanctions for ball-tampering. 

At the end of its annual conference in Dublin, the world body came up with its plan to curb unruly behaviour on the field that has been under the scanner for a while now in cricket. 

It upgraded ball-tampering from a level 2 to a level 3 offence.

Tampering with the ball could now lead to a ban of up to six Tests or 12 ODIs. 

ICC also added obscenity and personal abuse to the list of offences in a bid to ensure better behaviour on the field.  

Now, even the concerned member board could be held liable for its players' behaviour.