Dubai: West Indies coach Daren Sammy has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct on the second day of the first match of their ICC World Test Championship series against Australia in Bridgetown on Thursday, the ICC said.
Sammy was found to have breached Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to ‘public criticism of, or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in an International Match or any Player, Player Support Personnel, Match Official or team participating in any International Match, irrespective of when such criticism or inappropriate comment is made’,” ICC said said in a statement.
“In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Sammy’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period,” it added.
The sanction relates to comments made by Sammy during a media interaction at the end of Day 2, where he criticised one of the match officials in reference to multiple incidents throughout the day’s play.
The criticism of the umpire related to several incidents that occurred throughout the match.
Sammy admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Javagal Srinath of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, so there was no need for a formal hearing. IANS
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