India Australia Series

Watson fined 10% of match fees

Australian all-rounder Shane Watson fined 10 per cent of match fee for altercation with Indian opener Gautam Gambhir during the second Test against India in New Delhi.

Watson has been charged under the same clause, C1, but as a Level 1 offence.

During a hearing in front of on-field umpires Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar, third umpire Suresh Shastri and fourth umpire Sameer Bandekar, Australia team coach Tim Nielsen and Australia team manager Steve Bernard, ICC match referee Chris Broad found Watson of breaching Level 1 of ICC Code of Conduct during his on-field altercation with Gambhir during the first innings of the on-going third cricket Test between India and Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Wednesday.

The incident related to contact between Gambhir and Watson as Gambhir ran between the wickets during the 51st over of India’s first innings on day one of the third Test in New Delhi on Wednesday. The hearing took place after the second day’s play.

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