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| January 13, 2002 | Sunday | Shawwal 28, 1422 |
One-match suspension for Aussie McGrath
MELBOURNE, Jan 12: Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath was suspended on Saturday for one match after being found guilty of dissent.
McGrath was also given a two-match suspended sentence after International Cricket Council match referee Hanumant Singh found his guilty of dissent in Friday night’s match against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
McGrath’s ban means he will miss Sunday’s match against South Africa in Melbourne. He will serve a further two-match ban if he re-offends during the month long triangular series.
McGrath was reported by the umpires when he stood his ground after being given out caught behind from the bowling of spinner Daniel Vettori for seven, giving New Zealand victory by 23 runs.
McGrath was also fined half his match payments on a similar charge in a one-day match against India in Bangalore last year.
Pace bowler Jason Gillespie as been recalled to the Australian one-day squad after McGrath was suspended and Brad Williams broke his thumb.
The Australian Cricket Board said it hoped Gillespie would join the squad for Sunday’s match against South Africa in Melbourne but a decision on whether he would play had not been made.
Gillespie, normally an automatic choice in the side, lost his place after injuring himself in the Test series against New Zealand.
Williams broke his thumb in the same match — his international debut — and was expected to be sidelined for a month.
He was struck by a delivery from New Zealand pace bowler Shane Bond and is likely to miss the rest of the series.
“To make my debut and play at the MCG was a dream come true, so to have it destroyed like this is a massive let-down,” Williams said. “It’s certainly meant it will be a debut I won’t forget.”—Reuters
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