ICC lays down the Law for coach

– West Indies head coach Stuart Law (right) has been suspended for the first two one-day internationals of the series against India following his public criticism of match officials during the recent Test match in Hyderabad.

The Australian received a 100% fine of his match fees and three demerit points for breaching the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct during the side’s 10-wicket loss to India, the ICC said in a statement.

Law, 49, had one demerit point from a previous sanction during the Dominica Test against Pakistan in May 2017 and with the addition of three more, it auto-

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matically led to his suspension from ODIs in Guwahati and Visakhapatnam.

He will be available for the final three matches.

“The incident on Sunday afternoon happened when Stuart Law, following the dismissal of Kieran Powell, went to the TV umpire’s room and made inappropriate comments,” the ICC statement said.

“He then walked to the fourth umpire’s area and, in the presence of the players, again directed inappropriate comments at the fourth official.”

The former Australian batsman pleaded guilty to the charge and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Chris Broad as West Indies lost the series 2-0.

Law, who took charge in February 2017, will leave his role after the tours of India and Bangladesh to take charge of English county side Middlesex in January. – Reuters