International cricket: Bailey banned for one match
Monday 19 January 2015 14:23, UK
Australia captain George Bailey has been banned for Friday’s one-day match with England because of a slow over rate in Sunday's win over India.
The skipper was also fined 20 per cent of his match fee as the Aussies did not complete their 50 overs within three-and-a-half hours in the tri-series match.
With Bailey out of the day-nighter with England in Hobart, in-form batsman Steve Smith could be handed the captaincy for the first time.
A statement by the International Cricket Council (ICC) read: "As Bailey had previously been found guilty of a minor
over-rate offence in one-day internationals within the last 12 months, this offence constituted his second minor over-rate offence for the purposes of the ICC Code of Conduct.
"Bailey pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing."
Bailey was fined 40 per cent of his match fee after the one-dayer against South Africa in Perth in November and was warned that another infringement would trigger a one-match ban.
