Ball tampering has been taken to a whole new level.

Fringe Melbourne Stars and South Australian paceman Daniel Worrall has copped a suspension of four points (equal to two four-day matches or four one-day or Twenty20 matches) for engraving a picture of a penis and testicles into the Toorak Park wicket being prepared for a grade cricket final.

The offending image. Credit:Paul Amy/Twitter

The incident took place while Worrall was himself playing for the SA 2nd XI against Victoria's 2nd XI on Friday.

Worrall wil serve his suspension next season.

Daniel Worrall. Credit:Morne de Klerk

SA Cricket's high-performance manager Jamie Cox took a dim view of Worrall's actions. "We are extremely disappointed in Daniel's actions, it's not in line with the behaviour we expect of a Redbacks player," Cox said.

The penalty was imposed by match referee Daryl Cox.