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Dhoni suspended for one ODI due to slow over-rate..
ESPNcricinfo staff
February 19, 2012
MS Dhoni has been handed his second suspension of the year © Getty Images
MS Dhoni has been suspended for one ODI and India fined for the team's second over-rate breach in ODIs in less than a year. India were found to be two overs short during their 110-run defeat against Australia in Brisbane, after time allowances were taken into consideration. Dhoni was also fined 40% of his match fee and the team's other players were fined 20% each.
This was India's second significant over-rate breach this tour. Dhoni was suspended from the Adelaide Test earlier this year for a slow over-rate in the previous game in Perth. The latest suspension is a consequence of two "minor" over-rate offences in ODIs within a year- the first one being the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai.
The grounds for the decision to take such an action against any guilty captain were laid at the ICC's annual conference in Hong Kong last year where harsher penalties were called for against teams failing to meet their over-rate targets.
"At its meeting in June 2011 in Hong Kong, the ICC Executive Board had discussed the issue of slow over-rates and accepted the recommendation of the ICC Cricket Committee that a captain of an international side should be suspended for one match if his side is guilty of two minor over-rate offences in the same format over a 12-month period," the ICC had said.
A 'Minor Over Rate Offence' is when a side is found to be upto two overs short in an ODI or a T20I and upto five overs short in a Test.
The on-field umpires Steve Davies and Billy Bowden, third umpire Bruce Oxenford and fourth umpire Paul Reiffel laid the charge, to which Dhoni plead guilty and accepted the suspension. "Dhoni also acknowledged that he had been kept informed of the position regarding over-rates on a regular basis throughout the match and therefore accepted the decision," the ICC release stated.
Dhoni was suspended for slow over-rates more than years ago as well. He had to sit out of two ODIs during a home series against Sri Lanka, as a result of which Virender Sehwag had to take over. India will now take on Sri Lanka on February 21 without Dhoni, their most consistent batsman this series with scores of 44*, 58* and 56 in his last three appearances.
what is the word on his injury?
that was from a test, test and ODI suspensions are separate
Comedy of errors over not-out call..
Andrew Wu
February 20, 2012
Controversy ... Michael Hussey was eventually recalled to the crease due to an error from the third umpire. Photo: Channel Nine
India found another reason not to trust technology yesterday after the visitors were on the wrong end of a farcical third-umpire decision.
Michael Hussey was halfway back to the pavilion after being given out stumped by third umpire Bruce Oxenford when he was told by umpires Billy Bowden, officiating at square leg, then Steve Davis to return to the crease. It sparked a heated discussion between Bowden and the normally placid M.S. Dhoni, who was clearly aggrieved at the overrule.
A malfunction was later blamed for Hussey being given out.
The drama started when Bowden called for the third umpire to adjudicate on an appeal for a line-ball stumping against Hussey, then on one, in the 29th over. The side-on replay proved inconclusive as to whether Hussey had his back foot grounded behind the crease. The stump camera, however, appeared to show his back foot raised though it was not apparent when the bails were raised, making it difficult to give the batsman out.
''The right decision was made eventually but it appears the players aren't the only ones suffering of fatigue!!'' tweeted Tom Moody, who was calling the game for ESPN.
Dhoni, however, was extremely confident of Hussey's dismissal from the moment he whipped off the bails.
The drama comes just days after umpires in Adelaide allowed a five-ball over during India's run chase against Sri Lanka, which finished in a tie.
Andrew Wu
