Dhaka, Mar. 26: New Zealand players Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori along with South Africa’s Francois du Plessis have all be found to have breached the ICC Code of Conduct following an incident during the third ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final in Dhaka.
Mills has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct which is a Level 2 offence relating to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players”. He has also been fined a further 60 per cent of his fee for breaching Article 2.2.11 of the code, a Level 2 offence which relates to conduct that is “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”.
Vettori was fined 50 per cent of his match fee, also for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the Code and a further 40 per cent of his match fee for breaching Article 2.1.8 which is a Level 1 offence that relates to conduct “contrary to the spirit of the game” or “brings the game into disrepute”.
Du Plessis was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for breaching Article 2.2.4 of the code (a Level 2 offence).
The incidents occurred at the end of the 28th over of the South Africa innings when there was an altercation between du Plessis and some of the New Zealand players following the fall of a wicket. Mills, who was not in the playing 11 for New Zealand, was on the field as a water carrier as there had been a fall of wicket.
The charges were laid by on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Rod Tucker, third umpire Kumar Dharmasena and fourth umpire Nigel Llong. They were considered by Roshan Mahanama from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees who imposed the sanctions.
Commenting on his findings, Mr Mahanama said: “It was a very important time of a crucial match for both sides but there is never any excuse for deliberate physical contact in international cricket.
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