Mahela fined for dissent
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after pleading guilty to a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side's win in the second CB Series final against Australia here on Tuesday.
Jayawardene was found to have breached Article 2.1.3 of the code of the code which relates to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an international match".
After Sri Lanka's eight-wicket victory, which has levelled the best-of-the-three final of the three-nation tournament, the opener admitted the offence and accepted the proposed sanction offered to him by match referee Chris Broad. There was no formal hearing.
"I think I was the culprit, dragging it for too long. I thought initially the umpire didn't make a call, and took too long," Jayawardene was quoted as saying by Cricinfo. "I had no issue with the no-ball. Waist high or whatever. But I felt that after Michael [Clarke] had spoken to him, that's when he had made the call. So I have been fined for that. That puts something in my report. That's all."
This was followed by Jayawardene expressing disappointment at being given out lbw off the bowling of James Pattinson. As he walked back, the Sri Lankan captain made a DRS signal to Kumar Sangakkara who was walking in to bat. Replays suggested the umpire had made the right call.
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