The International Cricket Council (ICC) has sanctioned Bangladesh batsman Taskin Ahmed and Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani for a clash during the second day of the one-off Test in Harare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Both the players were fined 15% of their match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which carries a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50% of a player's match fee, and one or two demerit points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The players were found to have breached Article 1.1.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "inappropriate physical contact with a player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee or any other persons [including a spectator] during an international match", the ICC informed in a release on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"In addition to this, one demerit point each has been added to the disciplinary records of the players, both of whom did not have any previous offense in a 24-month period<\/strong>," the ICC statement said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n According to the ICC, in the 85th over of Bangladesh's first innings on Thursday when the players had, after Muzarabani had bowled a delivery to Taskin, "moved aggressively towards each other and contact was made after words were exchanged face to face<\/strong>".<\/p>\r\n\r\n Both players admitted the offence and accepted the sanctions proposed by match referee Andy Pycroft after on-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Langton Rusere, third umpire Iknow Chabi and fourth official Forster Mutizwa levelled the charges.
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