Category: Cricket

• Indian bowler fined and given demerit point after incident
• Australian batter reprimanded and given demerit point

Australian batter Travis Head and Indian bowler Mohammed Siraj have been found guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct for their verbal spat in the second Test in Adelaide.

Siraj was fined 20% of his match fee after being found to have breached article 2.5 of the code, which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon dismissal”.

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Josh Hazlewood said the next day is critical to his hopes of being able to rejoin the Australian team for what shapes as a pivotal Test in the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane.

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Australian captain Pat Cummins offered a blunt response to the Travis Head v Mohammed Siraj clash in the Adelaide Test, saying of the touring side: “They can do whatever they want.”

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New Zealand cricketing legend Ian Smith has called for the national side to “put a full stop” on their current era, after England took an unassailable 2-nil lead thanks to a thumping 323-run win on Sunday.

About ninety minutes after earning Man of the Match honours in the Adelaide Test, Travis Head was milling about on his favourite ground, nursing a beer while alternating between chasing his daughter Milla and chatting with friends in the stands.

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