da 888casino： Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was fined 75 percent of his match fee bymatch referee Cammie Smith for bringing the game into disrepute inyesterday’s game against Sri Lanka where he was seen using abusivelanguage at Sri Lankan batsman Russell Arnold
Charlie Austin02-Aug-2001Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was fined 75 percent of his match fee bymatch referee Cammie Smith for bringing the game into disrepute inyesterday’s game against Sri Lanka where he was seen using abusivelanguage at Sri Lankan batsman Russell Arnold when the batsman wasgiven out.The 29-year-old skipper attended a disciplinary hearing last eveningwith Smith after India’s 46-run victory.Ganguly, in fact had returned on Wednesday for the match against SriLanka after serving a one-match suspension for bringing the game intodisrepute earlier in the tournament.Ganguly first lost his cool when Arnold survived a vehement caughtbehind appeal before directing a stream of verbal abuse at the lefthander when umpire Gamini Silva gave him out lbw next ball.Smith spoke to Ganguly, both umpires, Russel Arnold and MahelaJayawardene, the non-striker, immediately after the match, but said hewould announce his decision only on Thursday morning.The ICC had recently made it clear that it is the responsibility ofthe captains to ensure that the game is played "within the spirit ofthe game."According to the latest laws of cricket, it is against the spirit ofthe game "to direct abusive language towards an opponent or umpire."