http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 fines Denesh Ramdin for unsporting gesture – Cricket News Update
The International Cricket Council has fined http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760’ 3rd
Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Following a string of poor performances, in the first two Tests of the series (during which Ramdin had kept wicket inconsistently, and only managed to score a total of 51 runs), the 27-year-old had been criticised by West Indies legend Viv Richards, who,
while commenting on the match on BBC Radio, had claimed that the batsman had “deteriorated in such a big way”.
After completing his second Test century at Edgbaston (an unbeaten 107, coupled with an extraordinary 143 last-wicket stand with Tino Best), Ramdin pulled a note out of his pocket, and flashed it towards the pavilion – meant as a comeback to Richards, the
note read: “YEH VIV TALK NAH”.
The act drew criticism from all quarters, with former West Indies pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Anthony-Holding-c75756 insisting that Ramdin should be reprimanded severely.
Match referee http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Roshan-Siriwardene-Mahanama-c86863 announced on Monday (the final day of the Test, which was washed out due to rain and culminated in a draw) that disciplinary action had been taken against Ramdin, who had been charged with conduct contrary to the spirit of the
game, under the ICC code of conduct. The charges had been brought by on-field umpires http://www.senore.com/Cricket/David-James-Millns-c52891.
“It is important that we do not allow a precedent to be set with such a premeditated celebration by Mr Ramdin,” Mahanama said in an official statement released by the ICC. “We all understand the importance of celebrating a milestone, however, one should
not use that time as an opportunity to hit out at one's critic or send messages to the world.”
“I hope Mr Ramdin has learnt his lesson from this incident and that we will not see such behaviour by him or any player in the future when celebrating an achievement within a game of international cricket,” added Mahanama, a former Sri Lankan batsman.
Ramdin pleaded guilty to the charges, and admitted that he had gotten “a bit emotional”. He issued an apology to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Isaac-Vivian-Alexander-Richards-c64548, who remained unmoved, stating that a century scored in a lost match was far from impressive.
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