During the seventh and final round of the West Indies Championship match versus Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, players Veerasammy Permaul and Kevlon Anderson of the Guyana Harpy Eagles were accused of “changing the condition of the ball” and were given hefty fines.
Christopher Taylor and Leslie Reifer Jr., the on-field umpires at Queen’s Park Oval, made the accusation. On the first day of the match, Permaul committed a Level 2 violation of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) code of conduct, for which he was fined 75% of his match money. Permaul had acknowledged the violation and accepted the punishment from match referee Michael Ragoonath, according to a CWI statement.
On the following day, during the second Trinidad & Tobago innings, Anderson committed a similar infraction and was fined 90% of his match fee. Anderson agreed to the suggested penalty as well.
The CWI also stated that the batting side was given the choice to select the ball in each case.
Ronaldo Alimohamed of Guyana was also penalised 65% of his match fee for violating Articles 2.1–2.5 of the code of conduct, which states that, “Throw the ball (or any other item of cricket equipment, such as a water bottle) at or near player or official in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner.”
After a hearing with match referee Ragoonath at the end of the first day, he was found guilty and given a 65% fine after originally denying the charge, which carried a 60% fine.
Out of the three, Permaul is the only international, having played in 17 different formats for the West Indies.
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