George Bailey Guilty of Slow Over-Rate, Suspended for a Match
Australia captain George Bailey pleaded guilty to a slow over-rate in match against India and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
Australia captain George Bailey has been suspended for one ODI and fined 20 per cent of his match fee, while his players have been fined 10 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate during Australia's One-Day International against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Andy Pycroft of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the suspension on Bailey after Australia was ruled to be one over short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration.
As Bailey had previously been found guilty of a minor over-rate offence in One-Day Internationals within the last 12 months, this offence constituted his second minor over-rate offence for the purposes of the ICC Code of Conduct. Bailey pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.