ADELAIDE, Nov 29: Shane Warne was found not guilty of dissent towards an umpire during the third and final Test against the West Indies, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday.

Warne was ordered to appear before ICC match referee Mike Procter on Monday after being reported by match umpires Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar and third umpire Steve Davis.

The Australian leg spinner was reported under the ICC’s code of conduct laws after he had an appeal turned down off his bowling on Sunday afternoon.

The hearing was held on Monday but the decision was delayed until Tuesday.

The final match of the series has been marred by a string of controversial umpiring decisions.

Ramnaresh Sarwan was given out lbw to Brett Lee Bowden when he was struck on the toe by a full-toss that was clearly drifting down the leg-side.

Aleem then gave Dwayne Smith, lbw to Warne, when he got an inside edge onto his pads in the second innings.—Reuters