Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed fined 15 per cent for breaching ICC Code of Conduct

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Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed has been fined 15 per cent of his match payment after he breached the ICC Code of Conduct through the second Test in opposition to South Africa right here.

Ahmed was discovered responsible of breaching Article 2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which pertains to “throwing a ball at or near a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other third person in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner during an international match.”

The Level 1 breach means Ahmed may even have one demerit level added to his disciplinary report — it is his first offense in a 24-month interval.

“The incident occurred in the 95th over of South Africa’s first innings on the second day when Kyle Verreynne hit the ball back towards Ahmed,” the ICC assertion learn.

“The bowler then threw it towards Verreynne in an inappropriate and dangerous manner, hitting him on the right glove.” On-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Allahudien Paleker, third umpire Adrian Holdstock and fourth official Bongani Jele levelled the fees. Ahmed admitted the offense and accepted the sanction proposed by Andy Pycroft.

Bangladesh misplaced the second and ultimate Test by 332 runs, and the sequence 0-2, to South Africa after being bundled out for 80 of their second innings on the penultimate day.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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