Ganguly fined 30 % match fees for dissent

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly was fined 30 per cent of his match fee for a breach of ICC code of conduct on the fourth day of the second Tes...

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly was fined 30 per cent of his match fee for a breach of ICC code of conduct on the fourth day of the second Test against South Africa here today.

Ganguly was found guilty of showing serious dissent to the umpire by ICC match referee Jeff Crowe in a hearing held after the end of the day’s play, an ICC press release said.

Ganguly was reported for making gestures at umpire Daryl Harper who turned down an appeal for bat-pad catch against Jacques Kallis in South Africa’s second innings. Television replays showed a thick inside edge from Kallis off Harbhajan Singh.

Indian cricketers sign contract for graded payment

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Top Indian cricketers finally entered into a contractual agreement with the cricket board today by signing the contract papers for graded payment system after a delay of two months.

Twelve top cricketers out of a total of 17, who were offered the contracts earlier, signed the papers today, BCCI secretary S K Nair announced.

The players who signed the contract today are: Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh (all of them in Grade-A), Mohammad Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan and Ashish Nehra (all in Grade-B) and Murali Kartik (Grade-C). — PTI

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