Embattled WICB penalizes 3 players

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has confirmed that 3 players have been penalized under the Code of Conduct, following the first round of the Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament which ended last Monday.

They are Dave Bernard Jr, Kevin Stoute and Shane Shillingford .

WICB said in a release that Bernard and Stoute were reported by umpires Peter Nero, Jonathan Blades and Ryan Willoughby during the match between Barbados Pride and Jamaica Scorpions at Kensington Oval for Level 1 breaches of the code.

They both showed dissent at an umpire’s decision by appealing excessively for an lbw decision which was given “not-out”, the release added.

Meanwhile, WICB said Shillingford was reported by umpires Nandkumar Shivsankar, Joel Wilson and Imran Moakan during the match between Windward Islands Volcanoes and Guyana Jaguars at the Guyana National Stadium, also for a Level 1 breach of the code.

Shillingford was penalized for conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game, when he attempted to bring the game into disrepute through pointing at his elbow during an appeal for caught while he was batting in the 45th over of the Volcanoes’ second innings, deliberately attempting to influence the umpire’s decision, WICB added.

All 3 players were fined 10 percent of their match fees, after they admitted to the offence and accepted the imposition of the proposed sanction. -(CMC)