The umpire had to be questioned heavy! ICC’s action on the coach of this team, this punishment was found – West Indies Coach Daren Sammy Fined 15 Percent of His Match Fees by ICC Over 3rd Umpire Controversy Controversy Holdstock Wi vs Aus 1st Test TSPOA

The West Indies lost by 159 runs in the first match of the three -match Test series against Australia. South African Umpire Adreal Holdstock also made headlines in this match at Kensington Oval, Barbados. Adrian Holdstock, who played the role of the third umpire in this match, gave 5 such decisions which were disputed. Four of these 5 decisions were against the hosts against the West Indies.

ICC took action on Sammy

West Indies head coach Darren Sammy looked extremely angry due to poor imperfection in this match. After the end of the second day’s game, Darren Sammy expressed displeasure over the controversial decisions of Adrian Holdstock. He accused Adrian Holdstock of bias. Sammy had said that this series is going on from the England series itself.

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Now the International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken action on Darren Sammy. Sammy has been found guilty of violation of Article 2.7 of the ICC’s code of conduct. Due to this, Sammy has been fined 15 percent of the match fee. He has also got a demerit point. In an international match, it is related to this article to make public criticism or unfair comment against a player, assistant staff, umpire or any team.

Darren Sammy had said about poor umpiring, ‘You don’t want you to have doubts about any umpire. But when repeated decisions go in the same direction, questions will arise. I know that he (Holdstock) is here for this series. But you do not want to go with such doubt in a Test match. Darren Sammy was angry with the poor umpiring, but he has also suffered punishment for criticizing the umpire in public.

Sammy’s international career was like this

41 -year -old Darren Sammy has captained the West Indies. In the year 2012 and 2016, the West Indies won the T20 World Cup under his captaincy. Darren Sammy scored 587 runs in 68 T20 international matches and also took 44 wickets. At the same time, 1323 runs and 84 wickets are recorded in 38 Tests. Sammy took 81 wickets in addition to scoring 1871 runs in 126 ODI matches.