West Indies player Dwayne Bravo was on Sunday found not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct after his controversial catch in the Champions Trophy match against England.
Bravo was charged with failing to ”conduct play within the spirit of the game,” after his running catch to dismiss Michael Yardy on Saturday.
Television replays suggested the ball did not carry to the fielder.
The charge was laid by the four umpires on duty, on-field officials Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper, third umpire Aleem Dar and fourth umpire Amish Saheba, and the hearing was conducted by match referee Mike Procter in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
After the hearing Procter said: ”Television replays appeared to show the ball bounced but Dwayne thought he had taken the catch cleanly.
”From my experience as a player I know that can happen, but we needed to ask the question to make sure it was a genuine mistake by the player.
”For that reason the umpires were right to lay the charge but after we all talked it through I had no reason to disbelieve Dwayne’s version of events.”
England won the game by three wickets but the West Indies had already made sure of their place in the semifinals of the tournament. – Sapa-AFP