Cricket
Shane Warne fined $5 000
2013-01-21 07:10
Melbourne - Australian veteran Shane Warne was
Monday fined Aus $5 000 (US$5 250) for a code of behaviour breach in the
domestic Big Bash League, his second penalty this month, cricket
officials said.
Cricket Australia said Warne was fined following a
disciplinary hearing into his failure to list himself as captain during
the Melbourne Stars' semi-final against the Perth Scorchers in a bid to
dodge a penalty for a slow over-rate.
Warne had previously been
issued with one strike for a slow over rate violation and a second
strike this season would have resulted in an automatic one-match
suspension.
"Warne was found guilty of breaching Rule 5: Laws of
Cricket and Spirit of the Game by Commissioner Arthur Lodge," said
Cricket Australia.
The 43-year-old spinner was not present at the hearing and was represented by Melbourne Stars officials.
Warne
apologised earlier this month after a foul-mouthed rant against West
Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels that earned him a ban and a Aus$4 500
fine.
He claimed 708 Test wickets in a celebrated career but has
also courted controversy, notably when he was fined for accepting money
from a bookmaker and sent home from the 2003 World Cup for taking a
banned diuretic.