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England pacer Reece Topley has been sanctioned for breaching the ICC code of conduct because of an incident that occurred during the first T20I against the West Indies at Bridgetown in Barbados. The left-arm seamer after sustaining an injury on the field was seen taking a chair and hitting the handrail.
“Topley was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to ‘abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an International Match’ and was duly fined 15 percent of his match fee,” quoted ICC. In addition to the fine one demerit point also has been added to Topley which is the first one in the last 24-month period.
England take 2-0 lead
Jos Buttler bounced back to form after a months-long injury layoff with a brutal innings of 83 in a seven-wicket win for his team against West Indies on Sunday in the second Twenty20 international.
Buttler smashed six sixes and eight fours in his 45-ball innings as England finished on 161-3 with 31 deliveries to spare and took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
In a major change of fortune, Phil Salt, who hit an unbeaten century in the first T20 which England won by eight wickets on Saturday, was out to the first ball of the tourists’ innings. Buttler, who made a first-ball duck in the same match, shook off that setback to top score for England 24 hours later.
Buttler helped to propel England past the home team’s 158-8. He came to the crease with England 0-1 and put on 129 for England’s second wicket with Will Jacks, who made 38 from 29 balls.
“It’s great to spend some time in the middle,” Buttler said. “I was a bit scratchy for the first few balls but managed to come through that. I really enjoyed it. It’s great to be back out there.” The third match of the series will be played at Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Thursday.
With agency inputs
