Pakistan players Khurram Shahzad and Mohammad Abbas have been penalised for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first match of their ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies in Tarouba.

Khurram was fined 15 per cent of his match fee while Abbas was handed an official reprimand for breaching Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.”

Khurram was fined for “celebrating aggressively close” after bowling Shai Hope in the West Indies' second innings on Day 3. Khurram's actions were deemed “capable of provoking an aggressive reaction."

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ICC must relax a little and allow cricketers to play our cricket as long as there is no fighting, cursing or interruption of the game. A little celebration a taking a wicket without any personal contact should be ok. I ICC must be careful that they don’t destroy the game. I believe it would make more sense for ICC to get rid of the controversial-“umpires call” where a final verdict is based on the umpire’s call. So a batsman is out if the ball is clipping the stumps and umpire gives him out but if umpire have not out he is not out.,That’s what I CC needs to correct