Cricket penalized for obscenity: Australia Spinner reprimanded by ICC – See details | Cricket news
The Australian leg spinner Adam Zampa received a reprimand from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaking his code of conduct in the first ODI against South Africa.The ICC confirmed on Wednesday that Zampa had violated article 2.3 of the code using audible obscenity in an international match.“A demerit point was added to the disciplinary file of Zampa, for whom it was the first offense of a period of 24 months. Level 1 violations have a minimum sentence of an official reprimand, a maximum sentence of 50% of the match costs of a player and one or two points of demeritis,” the ICC said in a press release.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The incident occurred during the 37th during the South African rounds at the Cazalys stadium in Cairns when Zampa used inappropriate language after land and overturned with his bowling alley. The stump microphone has caught and broadcast its words.“There was no need for an official hearing because Zampa admitted his offense and accepted the official sanction as proposed by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates Emirates of match referees Emirates,” he added.South Africa won a decisive 98 -point victory in the first ODI. Keshav Maharaj delivered exceptional performance with 5-33 figures. Zampa scored 11 points and took a counter while conceding 58 points.Australia had previously won the T20I 2-1 series, but South Africa rebounded to take an advance of 1-0 in the ODI series of three games.The teams will meet at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay on August 22 for the second ODI. The last game will be played in the same place on August 24.
