Published: Sep 07, 2016, 03:38 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 07, 2016, 06:07 PM (IST)
Sri Lankan off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for making disparaging remarks during the opening T20I game against Australia, the ICC said Wednesday. The incident happened in the fifth over of Australia‘s innings on Tuesday when Senanayake, after dismissing David Warner, made remarks which the International Cricket Council (ICC) said could have provoked a reaction from the Australian captain. Senanayake was found to have breached an article in the Code of Conduct which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his dismissal during an international match”, the ICC said in a statement. Full Cricket Scorecard: Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st T20I at Pallekele
Senanayake admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Javagal Srinath. “As such, there was no need for a formal hearing,” the statement added. The maximum penalty for a first-time offence is 50 per cent of a player’s match fee.
Australia hit a world record 263 for 3 to canter to an 85-run win in the T20 game at Pallekele for a 1-0 lead in the series. Opener Glenn Maxwell’s blistering century in Australia’s world record 263 powered the visitors to a comprehensive 85-run win over Sri Lanka in the first T20I in Pallekele on Tuesday.
Australia, who broke Sri Lanka’s nine-year record of 260 for 6 against Kenya in 2007, restricted the hosts to 178 for 9 in 20 overs to take the lead in the two-match series. Maxwell destroyed the Sri Lankan bowling attack with his unbeaten 145 off 65 balls, which was laced with 14 fours and 9 sixes, after the visitors were invited to bat first. Skipper David Warner gave Australia a fiery start with his 28 runs off 12 balls as he put on a 57-run opening partnership with Maxwell to lay a solid foundation.
