Best fined 75% of match fee

LONDON: West Indies fast bowler Tino Best was fined 75 percent of his match fee on Tuesday for breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct during his team’s First Test match against Bangladesh in St Lucia. Best was fined after pleading guilty to breaching Level 2.5 of the Code that relates to deliberate physical contact between players in the course of play, the ICC announced yesterdayy.

He was reported by the umpires — Daryl Harper and Jeremy Lloyds — for an incident during the 19th over of Bangladesh’s second innings. After bowling the final ball of the over, the 22-year-old Best, playing his sixth Test match, was deemed to have deliberately moved into the path of the batsman as he sought to take a run, ensuring that physical conduct occurred. The fine was imposed by ICC Match Referee Roshan Mahanama in a hearing at the conclusion of the match in St Lucia. A Level 2 breach of the Code carries a fine of between 50 and 100 percent of the player’s match fee and/or a one Test match or two ODI match ban.