West Indies coach Daren Sammy forward of the fifth T20 Worldwide between the West Indies and England at Daren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium on Nov. 17, 2024 in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
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The West Indies head coach, Daren Sammy, was fined 15% of his match payment for criticizing an official throughout the lately concluded opening Check match towards Australia at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Sammy breached Stage 1 of the ICC’s Code of Conduct on June 27 throughout the second day of the match that Australia gained by 159 runs.
Sammy’s criticism pertains to feedback he made throughout a media interplay on the finish of day two, throughout which he criticized one of many match officers about a number of incidents all through the day’s play.
Sammy violated Article 2.7 of the Code, which pertains to “public criticism of, or inappropriate remark about an incident occurring in a world match or any participant, participant help personnel, match official or staff taking part in any worldwide match.”
Along with the high-quality, Sammy acquired one demerit level on his disciplinary report for his first offence in 24 months.
Sammy accepted the sanction proposed by Javagal Srinath of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees after the cost was introduced by on-field umpires Richard Kettleborough and Nitin Menon, third umpire Adrian Holdstock, and fourth umpire Gregory Brathwaite.
Stage 1 offences like this can lead to an official reprimand, a high-quality of as much as 50% of the match payment, and one or two demerit factors.
