Sri Lanka have been fined 40 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against the West Indies in the third ODI in Antigua on Sunday.
Richie Richardson of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Dimuth Karunaratne’s side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Karunaratne pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka all-rounder Danushka Gunathilaka has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the same match.
The incident occurred in the 35th over of the West Indies’ innings when Gunathilaka used inappropriate language towards Nicholas Pooran upon his dismissal.
Gunathilaka admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by the Match Referee and as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Joel Wilson and Leslie Reifer, third umpire Gregory Brathwaite and fourth umpire Nigel Duguid leveled the charges. (ICC)
