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Australian batsman punished a week after the game ended
Recently, during the West Indies tour, Tim David turned the record books upside down by scoring an unbeaten century off 37 balls in the third T20I. He did something extraordinary in the fifth and final match of that tour.
Australian batsman punished a week after the game ended
When the umpire did not give him a wide, David walked towards him and extended his hand and demanded a wide. This hard-hitting Australian batsman was seen to be unhappy at that time.
The ICC did not take David’s behavior well. The 29-year-old batsman has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for violating the code of conduct. Along with this, a demerit point has been added next to his name. It is common to hear news of a cricketer receiving such punishment for violating the code of conduct on the field. Usually, the punishment is announced immediately after the match or at most a day later. But in David’s case, an exception happened. The West Indies-Australia fifth T20I was held on July 28 at Warner Park in St. Kitts. And the ICC gave David bad news today; A week after the match, the ICC also said that David had admitted his guilt and accepted the punishment. As a result, a formal hearing was not required. This is the first time that the Singapore-born cricketer has been given demerit points for disciplinary reasons. If he receives four demerit points within two years, he will be banned for one Test or two limited-overs matches (ODIs or T20Is).
That day, the West Indies set Australia a target of 171 runs. Chasing the run, Australia lost 3 wickets in 2.2 overs when David came out to bat. It was in that over that umpire Leslie Reifer expressed his dissatisfaction.
Alzarri Joseph’s delivery went out on the leg side. Then he walked towards Reifer and extended his hands and indicated that it was wide. But the Barbados umpire shook his head and said that it was not wide.
