Starc reprimanded for ‘exaggerated celebration’

"Starc pleaded guilty to breaching Article 2.1.8 of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct"

“Starc pleaded guilty to breaching Article 2.1.8 of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct”

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Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc has been officially reprimanded for his “exaggerated celebration” when he dismissed India opener Murali Vijay on the second day of the fourth Test in Sydney.

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Warner fined over de Villiers ball tampering claims

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“It would be a lot better if people talked about how well you executed your skills instead of looking at ways of how you got that skill”

Australia opening batsman David Warner has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for saying that South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers was deliberately roughing up one side of the ball in order to allow the team’s pace attack to get more reverse swing during the second Test in Port Elizabeth.

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Darren Lehmann fined over Stuart Broad comments

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Lehmann called on the Australian public to verbally abuse Broad throughout the second leg of the Ashes series

Australia coach Darren Lehmann has been ordered to pay 20 per cent of his match fee from the fifth and final Ashes Test, which took place at The Oval, after he was charged for accusing England pace bowler Stuart Broad of having “blatantly cheated” during the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

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