Sri Lankan off spinner Sachithra Senanayake fined 30 per cent of match fee

Sep 7, 2016 at 6:05 PM

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Sri Lankan off spinner Sachithra Senanayake  fined 30 per cent of match fee

Sri Lankan off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for making disparaging remarks during the opening T20 game against Australia, the ICC said Wednesday.

The incident took place in the fifth over of Australia’s innings on Tuesday when Senanayake, after dismissing David Warner, made remarks which the International Cricket Council (ICC) said could have provoked a reaction from the Australian captain.

Senanayake was found to have breached an article of the Code of Conduct which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his dismissal during an international match”, the ICC said in a statement.

Senanayake admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Javagal Srinath.

“As such, there was no need for a formal hearing,” the statement added.

The maximum penalty for a first-time offence is 50 per cent a player’s match fee.

Australia hit a world record 263 for 3 to canter to an 85 run win in the T20 game at Pallekelle for a 1-0 lead in the series.

Glenn Maxwell scored  145 off 63 balls which helped Australia o highest ever T20I total.

Australia  defeated Sri Lanka by 85 runs in the first T20I .

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