Chandimal fined 10% match fees for showing dissent - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, has been charged with ten per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire’s decision during Friday’s T20 match against Pakistan, which his team lost by five wickets.
Chandimal, the 22-year-old middle order batsman from Balapitiya, was well set on the crease at 56 in the one-off Twenty20 match against Pakistan, when he was adjudged leg before wicket by the umpire, off http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961. However it was
'bat to pad', as the replays showed later, but since there was no Decision Review System in the game, Chandimal had to leave the crease, surrendering to the umpire’s decision. But the Sri Lankan batsman, reportedly, showed the bat to the umpire before leaving
for the pavilion.
Chandimal was found guilty of breaching Level 1.3 of International Cricket Council’s code of conduct, which relates to, “Showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.”
In the meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 was also found guilty of breaching Level 1 offence. He also showed bat to the umpire after he was declared lbw by the umpire in Pakistan’s chase. Mohammad Hafeez was 13
when a Thisara Perera ball trapped him at the front. Responding to Sri Lankan team’s appeal the umpire decided against the batsman.
However, Hafeez has not been charged with a financial penalty and was only officially reprimanded.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-John-Pycroft-c44449 said that accepting the decision of umpire is an essential feature of the gentleman’s sport. He further added that such kind of behavior would not be tolerated in any format of the game.
"Accepting an umpire's decision is an essential feature of cricket and part of the game's unique spirit," said the ICC match referee Andy Pycroft while talking to the media reporters on Sunday. "These players' behaviour was not acceptable
in any form of cricket and they must take responsibility for what they do," he added further.
During the recently concluded UAE series, Pakistan inflicted a clean sweep on the Lankans winning all the three formats of the game. The green shirts won the three-match Test series 1-0, five ODIs series 4-1 and signed off with a
five-wicket win in Friday’s only T20.
Pakistan will now tour http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
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