International Cricket Council match referee Clive Lloyd Saturday banned South African captain Graeme Smith for one limited overs international match and fined 50% of match fee for breaching the code of conduct.
Teammate Andrew Hall was banned for a one-day match and two Tests and Pakistan’s Yousuf Youhana was fined 50% of his fee, the Council announced in a statement.
All three were penalised following a hearing in Rawalpindi on Friday on breach of the cricketers code of conduct during the second one-day international in Lahore last Sunday.
The penalties relate to charges brought by ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed based on video evidence of an incident when Pakistan were batting during the second match of the ongoing five-match series.
Hall apparently elbowed Youhana on his follow through and both Hall and Youhana were engaged in verbal exchange. Smith was charged for using abusive language during the incident. – Sapa-AFP