Vettori, Mills, du Plessis fined for bust-up

Updated on: 27 March,2011 08:09 AM IST |
AFP |

NZ skipper Daniel Vettori, paceman Kyle Mills and South Africa's Faf du Plessis slapped with heavy penalties for ugly bust-up in Dhaka on Friday

NZ skipper Daniel Vettori, paceman Kyle Mills and South Africa's Faf du Plessis slapped with heavy penalties for ugly bust-up in Dhaka on Friday

New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori and paceman Kyle Mills along with South Africa's Faf du Plessis were Saturday slapped with heavy fines for their ugly bust-up during the World Cup quarter-finals.

Mills, who was not part of the playing eleven, was on the field at the time, carrying drinks for his team-mates.
"Mills has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee for an offence relating to inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players," said the International Cricket Council (ICC).

"He has also been fined a further 60 per cent of his fee for an offence which relates to conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game or brings the game into disrepute."

Vettori was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for a similar offence and another 40 per cent for bringing the game into disrepute.

Du Plessis was fined 50 per cent of his match fees.

The charges were laid by the on-field umpires and the sanctions were imposed by match referee Roshan Mahanama.

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