Rawalpindi, Oct 08: International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Clive Lloyd today fined former South African captain and pacer Shaun Pollock his full match fee for showing dissent but exonerated vice captain Mark Boucher on lack of evidence. Australian umpire Darrell Hair complained Pollock showed dissent against a rejected appeal during the third one-day international won by South Africa yesterday by 13 runs in the eastern industrial city of Faisalabad. "Pollock has been fined under level II of the ICC players code of conduct after he showed dissent," a Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman said.
Pakistani fielder Shoaib Malik had complained that Boucher used abusive language after he was walking back to the pavilion following his dismissal. Lloyd held a hearing after yesterday's match with Pollock, Boucher, two coaches Pakistan's Javed Miandad and South Africas Eric Simons and managers Haroon Rasheed of Pakistan and South African Cassim Docrat.
"There was no evidence found against Boucher so he was exonerated," according to the decision announced in Rawalpindi.
The match referee did not fine Pakistan for slow over rates in the third match, despite its failure to complete the quota of 50 overs by the cut-off time yesterday. South Africa won the match under the Duckworth Lewis formula by 13 runs. Bureau Report