Paine fined for dissent

Cricket: Australia captain Tim Paine has been fined 15% of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire’s decision following a failed review during the third day of the third test against India in Sydney.

Paine was found to have breached article 2.8 of the ICC code of conduct and one demerit point was added to his disciplinary record.

The incident occurred in the 56th over of India's first innings on Saturday when Paine was confident Cheteshwar Pujara edged a Nathan Lyon delivery to Matthew Wade at short leg, but onfield umpire Paul Wilson ruled not out.

Paine reviewed the call but TV umpire Bruce Oxenford could not see any evidence on Snicko or HotSpot to suggest Pujara had hit the ball with his bat, and asked Wilson to stick with his call.

The decision did not go down well with Paine, with the stump mic picking up his expletiveladen rant about inconsistency in decisionmaking. — Reuters