Southree reprimanded for breach of ICC Code of Conduct
View(s):The International Cricket Council has reprimanded New Zealand skipper and paceman Tim Southee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. This incident took place during New Zealand’s Group C match against West Indies in Tarouba. West Indies won a riveting contest by 13 runs.
In the 18th over of the New Zealand batting innings, Southee smashed a hand sanitizer dispenser on his way back to the dressing room after his dismissal.
He 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, one demerit point was added to Southee’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period. The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Ahsan Raza and Alex Wharf, along with third umpire Richard Illingworth and fourth umpire Michael Gough.
Southee admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by David Boon of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, and there was no need for a formal hearing. Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 percent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points.
Southee picked up figures of 2/21 against the West Indies, in what was his only game of the tournament thus far. On Friday he picked four scalps against Uganda in a dead rubber encounter at Tarouba.