Bangladesh pair handed fine

Mushfiqur Rahim (left) loses 50% of his match fee, with captain Mohammad Ashraful stripped of 15%

Bangladesh pair Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahim have been fined for excessive appealing during the second Test against Sri Lanka.

Captain Ashraful was fined 15% of his match fee by match referee Jeff Crowe, while wicketkeeper Mushfiqur, who charged towards the umpire while appealing on day three in Chittagong, was fined 50%.

Crowe said: “Mohammad Ashraful is the captain of the team and needs to lead with responsibility and patience when an umpire is making a decision.

“Having spoken to him earlier in the series about a similar reaction, he was fully aware of what was acceptable and therefore, pleaded guilty to the charge.

“Mushfiqur conceded in the hearing that it was unacceptable behaviour when he clearly left his position from behind the stumps, charged and ended up appealing some six metres away directly towards the umpire.

“This sort of appealing is intended to place unnecessary pressure on the umpire and has no place in the game.”

The appeals related to a caught behind decision against Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan off the bowling of Mehrab Hossain Junior, which was turned down.

Dilshan scored 162 and 143, to become the fourth Sri Lanka batsman to score twin centuries in a Test.

Mushfiqur has the right to appeal the decision as his was a level two offence under the ICC code of conduct.