Australia opener David Warner fined 50 per cent of match fee
Monday 19 January 2015 07:28, UK
Australia opener David Warner has been fined by the ICC after an on-field dispute with India batsman Rohit Sharma during Sunday's one-day international in Melbourne.
Australia won a thrilling match by four wickets but the result was marred by another ugly spat between the teams who recently played out an ill-tempered Test series.
Warner confirmed to reporters on Monday he had been fined half his match fee for breaching the sport's code of conduct for arguing with Sharma.
The incident was triggered when India took a single off an overthrow. Warner thought the ball had deflected off Sharma and the Indians should not have taken the run, in accordance with cricketing convention.
Sharma disputed Warner's claims and television replays later showed he was right and the Indians were entitled to take the run.
Warner later admitted he was wrong about the call but defended his actions and telling Sharma to "speak English".
"When I went over to say something to him, he sort of said something in their language and I said; 'speak English' because, if you're going to say something, understand that theoretically I cannot speak Hindi," Warner said.
"I did the polite thing and asked him to speak English, therefore he did and I can't repeat what he said.
"I was in the wrong...I shouldn't have engaged him. (But) If people get on the wrong side of me, I'm not going to back down.
"We're always there to play hard aggressive cricket, but you know what comes with that -- sometimes you are going to get fined."
