West Indies coach Daran Sammy has been fined by the umpire Adrian Holdstock for his recent criticism by the third umpire Adrian Holdstock after taking some suspicious decisions during the inaugural test against Australia at Barbados.
Holdstock’s decision was never going for once in favor of the West Indies, as most of the decisions went in favor of visitors. Therefore, speaking after the second day’s game, Sammy said that he had doubts related to the umpiring of Adrian Holdstock.
He also expressed that his decisions have been suspected by the former West Indies captain since ODI against England.
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“You don’t want to bring yourself into a situation where you are thinking about some umpires,” Sammy said. “Is there anything against this team? But when you see the decision after the decision, it raises the question.”
Which Samhita was fined for breaking Daren Sammy?
Daren Sammy has been fined by ICC, but which code of code has been violated? Sammy was found violating Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which states that, ‘Public criticism of an International match incident or any player, player aid personnel, match officer or any international match participating in any international match or inappropriate comments.
Daren Sammy has accepted the crime and has also accepted the approval provided by the match referee Javagal Srinath. However, the minimum fine of an official rebuke may exceed 50% of the match fee, as well as with demerit points.
He was fined 15% of the match fee for a recent crime. A demerit point has also been added to Daren Sammy’s disciplinary record, this is his first attempt in two years.
Decisions made by Adrian Holdstock that offends Deron Sammy
Daren Sammy was angry with several decisions made by Adrian Holdstock, who was given the role of a third umpire in the first Test against Australia.
Sammy was annoyed by the most controversial decision of Holdstock on the first day when he dismissed a caught opportunity by Shamar Joseph’s bowling. This not only denied Shamar’s 5-fer, survived the head and added valuable runs to Australia.
The next day, two more controversial decisions were taken. Roston Chase’s LBW’s decision was retained despite the clear suggestion of the inner edge by the TV umpire, and the Shee Hope’s Inside Edge was surprisingly caught by Alex Carrie, which was cleaned by Holdstock.
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Australia launched WTC campaign with a win in Barbados
The Australian ICC World Test Championship was the winner of 2023 and was the finalist in 2025, where he lost to South Africa. Following a stunning campaign at the last two serial WTCs, they have moved forward for the West Indies for a Test tour.
In the opening test, Australians would not have made a spectacular start; However, the second innings marked the return -like return in the Test match. Travis Head won the Player of the Player of the Match Award, both two brilliant half -centuries in both innings.
Australia defeated the West Indies after a surprising magic from Josh Hazelwood, scoring all important half -centuries in all Australian batting innings with Travis Head, Bu Webster, and Alex Kerry. With this victory, Australia has made a great start for its WTC campaign.