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Australia skipper Tim Paine fined for displaying dissent to umpire

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Australia captain Tim Paine was on Sunday fined 15 per cent of his match price for displaying dissent at an umpire’s resolution on day three of the third Test towards India in Sydney.
Paine was discovered to have breached “Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel”.
“In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to the disciplinary record of Paine, for whom it was the first offence in a 24-month period,” the ICC mentioned in an announcement.
The incident occurred within the 56th over of India’s first innings on Saturday when Paine criticized the umpire’s resolution following an unsuccessful DRS evaluate towards Cheteshwar Pujara.
Paine admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by David Boon of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees and ratified by the ICC Cricket Operations division as per the COVID-19 interim enjoying rules.
There was no want for a proper listening to. On-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson, third umpire Bruce Oxenford and fourth official Claire Polosak levelled the cost.
Level 1 breaches carry a minimal penalty of an official reprimand, a most penalty of fifty per cent of a participant’s match price, and one or two demerit factors.