Tim Bresnan warned for violating ICC Code of Conduct in Bangalore
England’s, Tim Bresnan, has been officially reprimand for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s tied World Cup match against India in Bangalore on Sunday.
England’s pacer, Tim Bresnan, has been fined for unintentionally violating the ICC code of conduct during a high scoring, drawn World Cup match, his team played against co-hosts, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Bresnan beseeched responsible for committing a level 1 offence (Section2.1.2) of the ICC code of conduct for all the players and team staff, which narrates “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment of fixtures and fittings”.
The episode happened after the final ball of the 48th over of England’s inning when the guilty was clean bowled by the Indian leg-spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawala, and he hit the wickets with his bat, which is a violation of the aforesaid clause.
Tim Bresnan accepted his fault straight away and hence there is no need for inquiry and courts.
The decision of fine was made by the match referee, Roshan Mahnama, a former Sri Lankan cricketer. Roshan Mahnama commented on his verdict, saying:
“While giving my verdict, I took into account that Bresnan admitted his mistake, apologised for his action and that it was his first offence. Further, it was encouraging to note that Bresnan on his own initiative met the umpires concerned and reiterated
that his action was unintentional. However, there is no room for this type of action in our great sport and cricketers are always expected to play the game in the true spirit of cricket. These cricketers are role models of millions of aspiring cricketers”.
An official warning is a minimum penalty for all the level 1 violations and a fine of 50% of match fee for a player is the maximum penalty for a level 1 breech.
Moreover, a fine has also been imposed on the England side for not abiding by the standard over rate.
This fine was also imposed by the match referee, Roshan Mahnama, after the Poms were found to be one over short of their target towards the closing stages of the match when the time granted was taken into account.
The ICC regulations governing trivial over rate violations stipulate fines of ten percent of each players match fees for each over their team fails to complete in the given time and the skipper of that team is charged twice that sum.
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