Sammy, Bopara, Samuels fined for T20 incident
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – West Indies captain Darren Sammy is one of three players fined by the International Cricket Council, following a small altercation during Sunday’s first Twenty20 International against England on Sunday.
He, along with teammate Marlon Samuels and England’s Ravi Bopara, were slapped with level one breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct, after being reported by on-field Joel Wilson and Peter Nero, and third umpire Gregory Brathwaite and fourth official Nigel Duguid.
All three players pleaded guilty.
The incident took place in the 12th over of England’s run chase when Bopara made insulting comments towards Samuels, while taking a single. The ICC statement said Sammy joined in, also trading insults with Bopara.
It required the intervention of Wilson and Nero to end the exchange.
Bopara was fined 25 per cent of his match fee, while Sammy and Samuels were fined 20 and 10 per cent respectively.
