UAE bowler Junaid Siddiqui fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct

Dubai: United Arab Emirates pacer Junaid Siddiqui has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and charged with two demerit points from his disciplinary record for two Level 1 breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third T20 against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. have been added to.

Siddiqui was given an official reprimand and one demerit point was added to his disciplinary record 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 that are intended to offend or be aggressive.

An ICC statement said that a batsman has been fined for his aggressive reaction to his dismissal during an international match. The incident happened in the fifth over of New Zealand’s innings when Siddiqui came close to dismissed batsman Tim Seifert and shouted at him aggressively.

He was also fined 25 per cent of his match fee and had a further demerit point added to his disciplinary record for another offense later in the match, when he breached Article 2.8, which deals with ‘disagreeing over an umpire’s decision’. related to ‘show’. It happened in the 17th over, when Siddique expressed his displeasure by using foul language towards the umpire when his appeal for dismissal was turned down.

Siddique admitted the offense and accepted the sanctions proposed by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, so there was no need for a formal hearing. The charges were leveled by on-field umpires Akbar Ali and Shiju Sam and third umpire Asif Iqbal.