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Ganguly banned for 2 Tests |
Nov 14th 2004, Kolkota:
India captain Sourav Ganguly has been
suspended for two Tests for his team's slow
over-rate in the day-night match against
Pakistan, match-referee Clive Lloyd announced on
Sunday.
The decision means Ganguly will miss the
two-Test home series against South Africa,
starting at Kanpur on Saturday. The one-off one-dayer
against Pakistan was played at the Eden Gardens
on Saturday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of
the Indian Cricket Board.
Pakistan surpassed India's total of 292-6
with six wickets and one over to spare to win
the 50-over-a-side match which ended more than
an hour after the scheduled time. The
match-referee found Ganguly guilty of breaching
the clause C1 of the ICC code of conduct, which
is a level two offence. As it was Ganguly's
second such offence within a 12-month period, it
was upgraded to level three, which carries a
suspension of two to four Test matches or four
to eight one-dayers. The Indian captain was
first found guilty of the level two offence
during the tour of Australia early this year.
Ganguly on Saturday was named captain against
Graeme Smith's South African team after
recovering from a groin injury, which had forced
him to miss the last two Test matches against
Australia.
Meanwhile, the match-referee fined Pakistani
batsman Yousuf Youhana and Indian fast bowler
Irfan Pathan for an on-field argument during the
match. Youhana was fined 75 percent of his match
fee and Pathan 50 percent.
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