“I am excited and honoured to have been selected for one of the most important jobs in cricket”
Image courtesy of: ESPNcricinfo
Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson will replace Roshan Mahanama on the the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) elite panel of match referees.
Smith and Sharma (pictured above) were both fined
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
Australia stand-in captain Steven Smith and India pace bowler Ishant Sharma have both been fined following the second Test in Brisbane.
Kohli, Dhawan and Warner were all fined for getting involved in a heated dispute
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
India stand-in captain Virat Kohli, opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and Australian opener David Warner have all been fined for two separate disputes that took place on the fourth day of the first Test in Adelaide.
Philander was caught “scratching the ball with his fingers and thumb”
Image courtesy of: ESPNcricinfo
South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander has been fined 75 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of ball-tampering during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
Image courtesy of: The Age
Both players were cleared of all charges
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson and England all-rounder Ben Stokes have been found not guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct after they were reported for colliding into each other during day four of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
Image courtesy of: The Telegraph
England are hoping Warner will be charged under the ICC Code of Conduct for his comments about Trott
England captain Alastair Cook has lashed out at Australia opening batsman David Warner, stating that his comments about Jonathan Trott being “pretty poor and pretty weak” were extremely “disrespectful”.
Akmal ignored warnings from both on-field umpires
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal was fined 50 per cent of his match fee during the semi-final against Sri Lanka due to an “offensive” snub of the umpires’ authority.
Gibson was fined for criticising the DRS system
West Indies coach, Ottis Gibson, was fined 20% of his match fee, after criticising the Decision Review System (DRS) during the second Test match against Australia, which ended as a draw.
