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Gayle fined

Dubai: West Indies captain Chris Gayle was fined 70 per cent of his match fee, while his team-mates were docked 35 per cent of their match earnings for their slow over-rate during the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Gayle was found to have breached Level 2.11 of the ICC Code which relates to unfair play due to his side bowling its overs too slowly. The verdict was issued following a hearing conducted by ICC Match Referee Chris Broad after play concluded on Sunday. The team was found to have been six overs short of the required over-rate, an offence to which Gayle pleaded not guilty.

“During the hearing, neither the captain, coach nor manager was able to persuade me that the shortfall in overs was beyond their control,” said Broad.

“Teams and captains in particular have a duty to bowl a minimum number of overs in a day. Slow over-rates are not fair to the opposition or the paying spectators and captains have a responsibility to ensure their players adhere to the regulations in that regard,” he said. — PTI

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