ICC Punishes Wi Coach Darren Sammy: ICC fined West Indies coach Darren Sammy

New Delhi. Some decisions of the third umpire were in controversy during the first Test match played between Australia and West Indies in Bridgetown. It was openly criticized by the team player and coach Darren Sammy. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reprimanded the West Indies head coach for criticizing the umpire Adrian Holdstock. The criticism took place in Barbados against Australia in the team’s first Test match of 2025.

The decision of the third umpire during the Briddtown Test changed the attitude of the match. The ICC has taken action on keeping its point about this and speaking against the umpire. The ICC has imposed a 15 % fine of his match fee on West Indies coach Sammy and has been given a demerit point. This is his first level-one crime over a 24-month period. The former captain accepted his mistake and accepted the punishment.

Controversy over the decision of third umpire Adrian Holdstock during Australia West Indies Test

Sammy was found to be violating Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct. According to this rule, “Players and players will violate the support personnel Article 2.7 if they publicly criticize match officials or degrade a player or team against whom they have played in the match. When assessing the severity of the violation, the context of the comments and their severity should be taken into account.”

Sammy spoke to the match referee Jawagal Srinath on these decisions after the second day and questioned Holdstock at the press conference. “You don’t want to put yourself in a situation where you are thinking about some umpires. Is there anything against this team? When you see the decision after the decision, this question arises.
I know that he is here for this series. You do not want to go with that dout in the Test match. So I want to talk about it… so that we can all be clean. Because, at the end of the day you do not want to trust the umpires in the Test match. And our team is not like this. So we just want some clarity about decisions, ”