COLOMBO: West Indian Skipper Jason Holder has been suspended for one match over maintaining a slow over-rate during the first One Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
According to details, as it was his second mistake of the year earlier he had been found guilty of a minor over-rate offence in the fifth ODI against South Africa in January, so he will now miss West Indies’ second match of the ongoing Sri Lanka series, on Wednesday.
Holder was also fined 40% of his match fees, while his team-mates were docked 20% of theirs. The fine and suspension was imposed by the match referee David Boon, who ruled that West Indies were two overs short of their target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Holder pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
It is to be kept in mind that Holder hit a 13-ball 36 in the first ODI to give West Indies some much-needed impetus, but his team narrowly lost the match by one wicket.
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