Matthew Wade and Tabraiz Shamsi fined for on-field clash

Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and South African left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi have been fined 25% of their match fees for involving in an ugly on-field altercation with each other. Both have been found violating the level 1 of ICC Code of Conduct, breaching this level can result in a deduction of match fees up to 50% and also leads to the addition of one or two demerits points, according to the new rule introduced by ICC.

The incident occurred in the 17th over of the game when both the players were involved in a verbal clash and were hurling derogatory remarks on each other. The clash between the two continued even after the umpire intervention. It occurred in the heat of the moment as Australian team experienced an epic downfall, they were packed on a total of 167 which the home team chased quite easily in the end.

Both Wade and Shamsi were called for an official hearing post the completion of the match, Wade admitted the offence whereas Shamsi stood on his views of not being guilty of the offence.

According to the new rule introduced by ICC, if 3 more demerit points are added to their account in next 24 months, then it can lead to suspension of both the players.

South Africa won the match and is leading by a margin of 4-0 with one match still to go.  Shamsi has recently been included in the Test squad for 3 Test match series to be played next month in Australia.

There was an interesting thing that happened on Sunday as there were 3 international matches who were in operation on Sunday and at least one player from each game was fined for the on-field gesture. Ravindra Jadeja, who is playing for the third Test match against New Zealand was fined 50 % of match fees for ignoring umpires warning and running on the pitch. Umpires also rewarded 5 extra runs to Kiwis for Jadeja’s behaviour. Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza and batsman Sabbir Rahman were fined 20% of match fees with Jost Butler being officially reprimanded during the England vs Bangladesh clash. The third incident happened in the South Africa vs Australia clash.