West Indies’ wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second T20I against India in Guyana.

Pooran was found to have breached Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to public criticism in relation to an incident occurring in an international match.

Pooran admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction of a reprimand that was proposed by match referee, Richie Richardson, and as such there was no need for a formal hearing.

In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to Pooran’s disciplinary record, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
To be fair to all sides I feel umpires should be penalized for making bad decisions because it’s not good enough for players to have to use a review. In fact I am against this 3 review system because to me if all 3 reviews are blown a batter can still bat or given out simply because there are no more reviews left. So close calls should automatically be reviewed by the umpire just as runouts and stamp outs are automatically reviewed by the umpires even when they are not even close. The objective of the TV umpire should be to ensure that no one should be given out when he is not out or vise versa. As is today the replay umpire doesn’t go far enough to ensure we get it right.