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ICC sanctions Dilshan, Perera for disciplinary breaches

November 27, 2014 18:13 IST

Sri Lanka cricketers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Thisara Perera have been fined and reprimanded for disciplinary breaches during the first one-day international against England, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday. 

While former captain Dilshan will lose 25 percent of his match fee for excessive appealing, all-rounder Perera was docked 20 percent for bringing the game into disrepute.

A disciplinary hearing was not required as both cricketers admitted the charges and accepted the sanctions, the ICC said in a statement.

The hosts won the first of the seven-match ODI series by 25 runs in Colombo on Wednesday.

Image: Tillakaratne Dilshan

Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Source: REUTERS
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