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Six months ago, when the court’s chief prosecutor said he had requested the warrants, the U.S. condemned the move.

But less than a week later, Sheriff Robert Luna sent a department-wide email directing staff to comply with the OIG request.

South Pasadena Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim A. A. Khan, had requested the warrants in May, even though Israel is not a member of the ICC.

Even before Stokes' request, there was a plan in place to make the net pitches in Loughborough a cricketing science experiment.