West Indies quick bowler Jayden Seales has been fined 25 per cent of his match payment for breaching Degree 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct throughout the opening day of the second Take a look at in opposition to India in New Delhi on Friday.
The incident occurred on Friday, the opening day of the second Take a look at in opposition to India, throughout the twenty ninth over India’s first innings, when Seales fielded the ball on his follow-through and threw it at batter Yashasvi. Jaiswal, hitting him on the pads.
“Seales was discovered to have breached Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Gamers and Participant Assist Personnel, which pertains to “throwing a ball (or some other merchandise of cricket tools) at or close to a participant in an inappropriate and/or harmful method throughout an Worldwide Match,” the ICC stated in an announcement on Sunday, October 12.
“Along with this, one demerit level has been added to Seales’ disciplinary file, taking his whole demerit factors to 2 in a 24-month interval. The earlier demerit level for Seales was in a Take a look at match in opposition to Bangladesh in December 2024,” he added.
Notably, Seales contested the sanction proposed by Andy Pycroft of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, so a proper listening to was required.
The Windies pacer contested that he threw the ball whereas making an attempt a run out. The Match Referee, referring to replay clips exhibiting the incident from completely different angles, concluded that the throw was pointless and inappropriate, hitting the batter on the pads when he was inside the crease.
On-field umpires Richard Illingworth and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Alex Wharf and fourth umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan leveled the cost.
Degree 1 breaches carry a minimal penalty of an official reprimand, a most penalty of fifty per cent of a participant’s match payment, and one or two demerit factors.
West Indies are presently trailing 1-0 within the two-match ICC World Take a look at Championship collection in India, following the loss by an innings and 140 runs within the first Take a look at in Ahmedabad.