Ben Docket appears
Mohammed Siraj drew first blood on Day 4 of IND vs ENG 3rd Test at Lord’s as he got rid of England opener Ben Duckett early in the 1st session. Following the dismissal, the animated Indian pacer was seen celebrating in the face of the batter, and may have unintenionally barged his shoulder as well. Siraj could might as well be penalized if he is found breaching the ICC Code of Conduct by the match officials.
Siraj to be fined for shoulder barging Duckett?
The incident occured in the penultimate delivery of the 6th over. Duckett was caught out by Bumrah at mid-on off Siraj when he attempted to go on the offensive. While the Indian pacer was celebrating the wicket in a pumped up fashion, there was a breif instance when he perhaps unintentionally shoulder barged Duckett.
However, replays showed that it was Duckett who had gone towards Siraj, resulting in the shoulder barge.
As per Article 2.12 of ICC Code of Conduct, player are prohibited from any sort of physical contact with each other. Siraj or Duckett could be fined for a Level 1 or 2 breach if at all the match official finds him guilty of the offence.
“Any form of inappropriate physical contact is prohibited in cricket. Without limitation,
Players will breach this regulation if they deliberately, recklessly and/or negligently walk or
run into or shoulder another Player or Umpire.” the rule states.
Siraj was pretty fired up towards the end of play on Day 3, as Zak Crawley attempted to delay proceedings of play just before stumps. The pace exchanged a few words with the batter while captain Shubman Gill was also seen involved in an animated conversation with Crawley.
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