England captain Morgan is banned after slow over-rate
ENGLAND captain Eoin Morgan has been suspended for one ODI for maintaining a slow over-rate during the six-wicket win against Pakistan on Tuesday.
Morgan, who has also been fined 40 per cent of his match fee after England took nearly four hours to bowl 50 overs in Bristol, will miss the fourth game of the Pakistan series at Trent Bridge tomorrow.
Every England player has also been fined 20 per cent of their match fees for maintaining the slow overrate at Bristol.
Richie Richardson, of the ICC’s elite panel of match referees, imposed the suspension on Morgan after England were ruled to be two overs short after time allowances were taken into consideration.
An ICC statement read: “In accordance with Article 2.22.1 of the ICC code of conduct for players and player support personnel, which relates to minor over-rate offences, players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount.”
Morgan’s ban is the result of him having also been found guilty of a minor over-rate offence during England’s ODI against the West Indies at Bridgetown in February.
The Bristol offence constituted his second minor over-rate offence within a 12-month period, so a onematch suspension was imposed.
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow has been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC code of conduct.
Bairstow swiped the stumps with his bat after being bowled for 128 in the 29th over, as England successfully chased down a target of 359.
The ICC said: “Bairstow was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the ICC code of conduct for players and player support personnel, which relates to “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an international match.
“In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to the disciplinary record of Bairstow, for whom it was his first offence since the introduction of the revised code in September 2016.”